Does anybody know the reference to the author who analyzes all the different meanings in which Kuhn used the term "paradigm" in _Structure of Scientific Revolutions_? Thanks!

-- Daniel J. Denis (dand@yorku.ca), March 29, 2001

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Dan! Fancy meeting you here!

It's Margaret Masterman's "The Nature of a Paradigm" in Lakatos, I. & Musgrave, A. (1970). _Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge_ (Cambridge).

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), March 30, 2001.

Yeah, that's right - Masterman - but while your there be sure to read logic of discovery or Psychology of research? by Thomas Khun, which was his response at that conference. Also, read Thomas Khun and the science wars. Understanding Kuhns Philosophy of Science (I think) is not so much about understanding the various senses of paradigm but geting the bigger picture.

-- Jeff Ryan (thephilosoph@hotmail.com), June 28, 2001.