I notice that Kuhn does not say that the scientists turn to philosophers. So are they really “turning to philosophical analysis”? Or are they just, because they must examine more basic assumptions that they usually need to, perforce turning to thinking at the level where the disagreements can be resolved? In the process, what they are doing may look like what philosophers do, but they eventually settle on an answer and move on. Philosophy never seems to do that.
I notice that Kuhn does not say that the scientists turn to philosophers. So are they really “turning to philosophical analysis”? Or are they just, because they must examine more basic assumptions that they usually need to, perforce turning to thinking at the level where the disagreements can be resolved? In the process, what they are doing may look like what philosophers do, but they eventually settle on an answer and move on. Philosophy never seems to do that.