The man who is striving to solve a problem defined by existing knowledge and technique is not, however, just looking around. He knows what he wants to achieve, and he designs his instruments and directs his thoughts accordingly. Unanticipated novelty, the new discovery, can emerge only to the extent that his anticipations about nature and his instruments prove wrong. | |
— Thomas S. Kuhn | |
From his book: “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | A Steep Price Ahead |
Möbius | |
2019 | Eureka! |
2018 | Learning About My Humanity |
2017 | Laugh Or Shake Your Head |
2016 | The Expected Cure |
2015 | Of Two Minds |
2014 | Pride And Remembrance |
2013 | Repeating Bad Memories |
2012 | No Sooner |
2011 | Just Cheesy! |
Are You Illin’? | |
Posts Tagged ‘Discovery’
Emergent Novelty
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, Serendipity and Chaos, tagged Discovery, Novelty, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn PhD on February 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »
So, You Think You Know The Answer?
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Daniel J. Boorstin, Discovery, Ignorance, Illusion, Knowledge, On Obstacles, Philosophy, Quotes on November 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge. | |
— Daniel J. Boorstin | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | His Promises, OUR Hopes |
2018 | Where I Write |
2017 | At Last, An Honest Philosopher… |
2016 | Fake It ‘Til You Make It |
2015 | Hell Toupée |
2014 | Corrected And Amended |
2013 | Too Few |
2012 | Three Characters |
2011 | Universal Payment |
2010 | Privatizing the TSA? (An old – and long – post, but still relevant!!) |
Eureka!
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Comparison, Discovery, John Henry Newman, Knowledge, Learning, Perception, Philosophy, Quotes on February 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We know, not by a direct and simple vision, not at a glance, but as it were, by piecemeal and accumulation … by going around an object, by comparison. | |
— John Henry Newman | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Learning About My Humanity |
2017 | Laugh Or Shake Your Head |
2016 | The Expected Cure |
2015 | Of Two Minds |
2014 | Pride And Remembrance |
2013 | Repeating Bad Memories |
2012 | No Sooner |
2011 | Just Cheesy! |
Are You Illin’? | |