Anti-Kuhn Paradigm
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Anti-Kuhn Paradigm |
| Author(s) | Glenn Borchardt |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-08-11 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | philosophy of science, paradigm |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Anti-Kuhn Paradigm" is an article by Glenn Borchardt published on 11 August 2019 on Beyond Mainstream, reprinted from his Scientific Worldview blog.
Borchardt observes that Thomas Kuhn is generally a hero among dissidents, and that the word “paradigm” — the body of data, assumptions and interpretations guiding a discipline in a given period — was his greatest contribution, along with the observation that a paradigm cannot be overthrown by anyone whose livelihood depends on it. He then sides substantially with Errol Morris's criticisms of Kuhn, particularly the charge that Kuhn wrongly assumed there is no objective truth, while judging that Morris goes too far.