Kuhn vs Popper - About James H. Collier

paradigmatic pedigree than by its progressiveaspirations.A few years ago I wrote a very controversial bookabout the origins and impacts of Kuhn’s Structure.At the time, I did not have an opportunity to studyKuhn’s archives. I now have, and I take a perversepleasure in admitting that nothing I have read therecauses me to revise my original critical evaluation –only to deepen it. The reader will acquire a goodsense of my critique in the pages that follow. Sincethat time, two excellent intellectual historiesrelated to the Popperian side of the story – byHacohen and Kadvany – have been published. Irefer the reader to the end of this book for thedetails. Once again, I would like to thank thesecretary of Harvard College, the curators of theHarvard University Archives and the curators of theMIT Archives and Special Collections for theirpermission to examine the papers that I cite.I would like to thank Jon Turney and SimonFlynn for giving me the opportunity to write forIcon Books, whose publishing philosophy I share.This book has been written in many locations overa short period. All of them have given me opportunitiesto present material from it. Here Iacknowledge the Copenhagen Business School,Tokyo International Christian University, TokyoInstitute of Technology, Yogyakarta Center for7