Thomas Kuhn (Thomas Samuel Kuhn) Quotes

Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses.

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• Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses.

  

  Thomas Kuhn
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  • Paradigm
  • Lenses