Thomas Kuhn, Hyperbole, and the Ashtray: Evidence of Morris' Faulty Memory.
Errol Morris has claimed that Kuhn threw an ashtray at him during a dispute about some matter in the history of science. Morris also claims that Kuhn threw him out of the graduate program at Princeton for disagreeing with him. I argue that Morris's attack on Kuhn contains some degree of hyperbole. F...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 196 - 200 |
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Cambridge University Press
Jan2023
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| Sumario: | Errol Morris has claimed that Kuhn threw an ashtray at him during a dispute about some matter in the history of science. Morris also claims that Kuhn threw him out of the graduate program at Princeton for disagreeing with him. I argue that Morris's attack on Kuhn contains some degree of hyperbole. Further, I present evidence that shows that Morris is mistaken about key events during this period. In fact, Kuhn was supportive of Morris in his pursuit of a career in the history of science. |
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