[xmca] Units of Scientiic Achievement

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

I have just re-read Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" after 
many years. As is often the case with a classic like this, it proved to 
be a lot more nuanced than its reception (or my memory of it).
One of the lines which struck me was this: "the unit of scientific 
achievement is the solved problem." (p. 169)
In the context of Vygotsky's writing on true concepts and the meaning he 
gives to "unit" this is very profound. Reading Kuhn from Vygotsky I find 
very productive.

Andy
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