What Thomas Kuhn thinks about mental models
Philosopher and historian of science (1922 to 1996) whose The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) argued that science moves through paradigms and revolutions, and made "paradigm shift" a household phrase.
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2 dated positions, c. 1962, in their own words. Our reading of what Thomas Kuhn has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAnomaly appears only against the background provided by the paradigm.
↗The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (second edition, enlarged, University of Chicago Press, 1970)archive.org All 17 from this book
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Our readingWhat you see depends on what you look at and on what your experience has taught you to see
Their wordsWhat a man sees depends both upon what he looks at and also upon what his previous visual-conceptual experience has taught him to see.
↗The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (second edition, enlarged, University of Chicago Press, 1970)archive.org All 17 from this book