The Competitiveness of Nations
in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy
November 2002
Harry Hillman Chartrand
Thomas Kuhn’s “Pelican Brief”
Last Edited: 03/02/09
02/11/21
Original: 02/11/18
a) Psychic Alchemy
Figure 1: The Pelican
b) Transdisiciplinary Circumambulation
Figure 2: Transdisiciplinary Induction
Table 1: Frequency of Selected Terms: 1962, 1969 & 1990
a) Mechanism & Stages
i - Mechanism
ii - Pre-Paradigm
Figure 3: Original Paradigm
iii – Paradigm
iv - Post-Paradigm
i – Instruments
ii – Language
iii – Practice
iv – Talent
v –Theory
i - Aesthetics
ii - Evolution
iii - External Forces
iv – Psychology
Figure 4: Complex View of the Human Psyche
3. Conclusions: A Pearl without Price
Addition to the Index to 3rd Edition 1996, contributed by Peter J. Riggs,
and accepted by the author and publisher.
Dedicated to:
Heretics - Past Present Future.
The Competitiveness of Nations
in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy
November 2002