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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?