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Re:Thomas Kuhn changed the way the world looked at science (... by zornthewise on Saturday September 05, 2015 @05:53PM (#10176173)
My reading of Feynman is a little different: I think the point is that philosophy of science has only analysed history so far and has never by itself brought about a change in the way science is done.

This is not to say that the philosophy is useless or that it will never influence science in the future - Feynman is just stating how things have been.

Put another way, I simply don't see philosophy of science as it is helping someone do better science. I would be very interested if this were false.

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Re:Thomas Kuhn changed the way the world looked at science (... by selimthegrim on Saturday September 05, 2015 @10:33PM (#10176673)
Feynman had the luxury of working in a dynamic field - not one that had been stuck eating its own regurgitations and chewing its cud for hundreds of years and needed a fresh start, like physics in Newton's time.
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