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标题："Public Recognition, Vanity, and the Quest for Truth: Reflection on 'Polanyi vs. Kuhn'"
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作者：Aaron Milavec ; Notes on Contributors
期刊名称：Tradition & Discovery
印刷版ISSN：1057-1027
电子版ISSN：2154-1566
出版年度：2007
卷号：33
期号：02
页码：37-48
出版社：Polanyi Society
摘要：After commending Moleski for his excellent study, I focus attention on three areas that merit further clarification: (a) that Polanyi’s quest for public recognition was legitimate and not the effect of a runaway vanity, (b) that Kuhn’s straining to define his dependence upon Polanyi was blocked by the unspecifiability clouding the discovery process and by his (mistaken) notion that Polanyi appealed to ESP to explain the dynamics of discovery, and (c) that Kuhn’s success in gaining public recognition for his paradigm shift is understandable (just as is Polanyi’s relative failure). In the end, I list five areas wherein Kuhn’s account of scientific revolutions could be substantially improved by joining forces with Polanyi.
关键词：Thomas Kuhn, Robert Merton, Freud, James Conant, J. B. Rhine, Hilary Putnam, recognition, vanity, unconscious borrowing, unspecifiability, unaccountable element, ESP, paradigm shifts, sociology of knowledge, anticipated fruitfulness, phenomenology of discovery, scientific hierarchy, embodied knowing