Kuhn Meets Maslow: The Psychology Behind Scientific Revolutions
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DOI: 10.1007/s10838-016-9352-x
Abstract: In this paper, I offer a detailed reconstruction and a critical analysis of Abraham Maslow’s neglected psychological reading of Thomas Kuhn’s famous dichotomy between ‘normal’ and ‘revolutionary’ science, which Maslow briefly expounded four years after the first… read more here.
Keywords: maslow psychology; science; scientific revolutions; kuhn meets ... See more keywords
Scientific revolutions, specialization and the discovery of the structure of DNA: toward a new picture of the development of the sciences
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-017-1339-6
Abstract: In his late years, Thomas Kuhn became interested in the process of scientific specialization, which does not seem to possess the destructive element that is characteristic of scientific revolutions. It therefore makes sense to investigate… read more here.
Keywords: structure dna; toward new; specialization; scientific revolutions ... See more keywords