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The creators of new thought styles must have one-track minds | blogjou

Daniel S. Milo

Good Enough - The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society

p. 61
03 Oct 2023

The creators of new thought styles must have one-track minds


Darwin’s defensiveness may also have been a product of blind love. As the founder of a scientific paradigm, he was especially devoted to its vindication. Ludwig Fleck, an inspiration behind Thomas Kuhn’s development of the concept of paradigm shift, noted that creators of new thought styles must have one-track minds. Others are entitled to partake of several approaches, but the revolutionary is left to secure his or her own. For Darwin, this meant a degree of obstinacy in the face of criticism. There was no other way to make such a huge difference in the history of truth.