Thomas Kuhn

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The father, in the JC’s feeble view, of modern philosophy of science. He wrote the marvellous The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a book which blowhards like Richard Dawkins don’t understand, notwithstanding its consistency with their beloved evolutionary theories. Imre Lakatos, Paul Feyerabend and Richard Rorty are fellow travellers in this post-modern excellence.

See also

• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
• Philosophy of science
• Richard Dawkins