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"Scott Seidman" <namdiesttocs@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> jlanfield2003@yahoo.com (Jeff Lanfield) wrote in
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>
> > I am writing a paper on how new ideas gain acceptance in science. I
> > would like to get opinions on what were the most profound books and
> > thinkers on scientific epistemology you have encountered.
> >
> > By  this I mean a work that totally changed the way you look at the
> > world and at science. Below is my list. I would be grateful for your
> > additions. I
> > am really looking for works that are novel and different, orthogonal
> > to the ones I listed. For example, I included Bertalanffy's General
> > System Theory so I do not want the many, many other books on General
> > System Theory.
> >
> > I'm specifically looking for the thinkers and books that are not only
> > highly original but also under-appreciated and not as widely known as
> > they deserve to be. For instance, Aristotle, Plato, and Darwin will
> > not make this list as their work is well known and universally
> > recognized.
> >
> >
> > My list (no particular order):
> >
> > Rene Thom: Structural Stability and Morphogenesis
> > Ludwig von Bertalanffy: General System Theory
> > David Bohm: Wholeness and Implicate order
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > - Jeff
>
> Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions  (a MUST given your topic!!)
> Koestler, The Watershed
> de La Mettrie, Man a Machine
>
>
> Scott

Try Lovelock, J in Science around about 1965 and compare with the 'life on
Mars' space programme (it is a closed access journal so I can't post a
link).  Perhaps you should include 'funding' as to why some ideas gain
acceptance and some don't.  Darren.