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Philosopher

Thomas Kuhn

Thomas Kuhn

2 articles with this philosopher.

Extreme TL;DR summary

Forget normative philosophical analyses of how science should be. Instead ask - what are scientists actually doing?

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature: science is successful because it strikes a unique balance of dogmatism that can be overturned during crisis.

If he were in the modern software business

He’s the external consultant from JP Morgan, handing over a 300 page analysis on the social power dynamics of the IT department.

That document is never read, but quoted in every leadership meeting to justify whatever they already decided.