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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn’s seminal essay gives real food for thought as to nature of scientific change generally.
It is worthwhile to reflect on the relevance of Kuhn’s thought at the same time as one considers the nature of the relationship between TCM and modern ‘western’ biosciences. Thomas S. Kuhn (1996) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Third Edition. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
Kuhn 1, Kuhn 2, Kuhn 3, Kuhn 4, Kuhn 5. V.S. RAMACHANDRAN and SANDRA BLAKESLEE
Phantoms in the Brain. (1998) Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind. HARPER PERENNIAL London, New York, Toronto and Sydney Foreword by Oliver Sacks, M.D. , Preface
Chapter 1: The Phantom Within
Chapter 2: "Knowing Where to Scratch"
Chapter 3: Chasing the Phantom
Chapter 4: The Zombie in the Brain
Chapter 5: The Secret Life of James Thurber
Chapter 6: Through the Looking Glass
Chapter 7: The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Chapter 8: "The Unbearable Likeness of Being”
Chapter 9: God and the Limbic System
Chapter 10: The Woman Who Died Laughing
Chapter 11: "You Forgot to Deliver the Twin"
Chapter 12: Do Martians See Red?
Brooks, Michael (2011) Free Radicals. The Secret Anarchy of Science.
Brooks makes a good case for encouraging free thinking, intuition and freedom of spirit (as well as talent) at the heart of science. He suggests this is where real progress in science is made - in pursuing free and sometimes radical creativity, even if this can sometimes be a bit messy and pugilistic. It may not be pretty, but it's the way it is. Such is human nature.
Contents, Prologue. Notes.
Chpt1. How it Begins.
Chpt2. The Delinquents. Radic1. Radic2.
Chpt3. Masters of Illusion.
Chpt4. Playing with Fire. Radic3. Radic4
Chpt5. Sacrilege.
Chpt6. Fight Club.
Chpt7. Defending the Throne.
Chpt8. In the Line of Fire.
Epilogue.
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