Abstract

What I would like to talk about with you tonight is endocrinology as paradigm, and endocrinology as authority. What is the process by which the ideas in a science such as endocrinology change with time, and how best can new ideas develop? How do ideas in science influence society, aside from the obvious effect of technology? Two things inspired me to speak to you on this subject. The first is the influence which Thomas Kuhn’s extraordinary book on “Structure of Scientific Revolutions” had on me when I first read it 20 years ago. I believe it provides a framework within which we may view our own field with profit. The second is that in casting about for a subject to talk on tonight, I uncovered my programs of previous Endocrine Society meetings I have attended and apparently, for some reason, not discarded. I came up with the very first meeting I attended

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