The Competitiveness of Nations

in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy

November  2002

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Harry Hillman Chartrand

Thomas Kuhn’s “Pelican Brief”

Last Edited: 03/02/09

02/11/21

Original: 02/11/18

1. Introduction              

a) Psychic Alchemy      

Figure 1: The Pelican    

b) Transdisiciplinary Circumambulation   

Figure 2: Transdisiciplinary Induction   

Table 1: Frequency of Selected Terms: 1962, 1969 & 1990   

2. The Paradigm                   

a)  Mechanism & Stages 

i - Mechanism

ii - Pre-Paradigm

 Figure 3: Original Paradigm

iii – Paradigm 

iv - Post-Paradigm

b) Endogenous Components

i – Instruments

ii – Language

iii – Practice

iv – Talent

v –Theory

c) Exogenous Factors

i - Aesthetics

ii - Evolution

iii - External Forces                                                 

iv – Psychology 

Figure 4: Complex View of the Human Psyche

3. Conclusions: A Pearl without Price

 

4.0 References

Appendix

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.

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