Bachelard, is an excellent example of the importance of psychological training in sciences, as one should correct spontaneous errors by taking the opposite stance. In the English-speaking world, the connection Bachelard made between psychology and the history of science has been little understood. Bachelard demonstrated how the progress of science could be blocked by certain types of mental patterns, creating the concept of obstacle épistémologique ("epistemological obstacle"). One task of epistemology is to make clear the mental patterns at use in science, in order to help scientists overcome the obstacles to knowledge.

The Philosophy of No: A Philosophy of the New Scientific Mind.

Gaston Bachelard

G.C. Waterston (trans)

Orion Press

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The Philosophy of No: A Philosophy of the New Scientific Mind.