Kuhn’s ashtray

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A strange story, claiming that Kuhn threw an ashtray at a grad student, then threw him out of the course.

I call Kuhn’s reply “The Ashtray Argument.” If someone says something you don’t like, you throw something at him. Preferably something large, heavy, and with sharp edges. Perhaps we were engaged in a debate on the nature of language, meaning and truth. But maybe we just wanted to kill each other.

The end result was that Kuhn threw me out of Princeton. He had the power to do it, and he did it. God only knows what I might have said in my second or third year. At the time, I felt that he had destroyed my life. Now, I feel that he saved me from a career that I was probably not suited for.

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2 Responses to Kuhn’s ashtray

  1. Constantius says:

    I don’t no what was the writers intention. it’s just a story. may be to insult poor kuhn for his attack on the “Grand Master” of critical rationalist hoard, Karl Popper.

  2. Rafe says:

    Nice to see another visitor to the site!

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