Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:56:23 -0500
From: rahul-AT-peaches.ph.utexas.edu (Rahul Mahajan)
Subject: Re: Some Food For Thought


>I noted in the obituary section of today's New York Times, that the much
>maligned (at least on this list) Thomas Kuhn had died of cancer, and that
>although he made his name and reputation in the history and philosophy of
>science, his Ph.D. from Harvard was in physics. Interesting...
>
>Leo

Leo, anyone who's read Kuhn knows that. Is there a point?

BTW, he had already gone into history of science before he got his Ph.D
(and discovered the glories of Aristotelian physics). I have no idea what
his dissertation was actually on. If you stick it out, they will give you a
Ph.D., you know.

Rahul




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