One thing is for sure - I need to be focused in order to finish this project. There are over 100 books to read, and many of these will take a long time to finish. At the same time I will need to keep the blog up to date - this is a lot to do. Still, I waste huge amounts of my time in playing my xbox (although call of duty is so good perhaps I should blog about that as well), so I should have time to get all this done.
Anway, I have officially started the project. It was easy enough to order "The structure of Scientific Revolutions" - Amazon have it in stock. The Discovery of Nature was a little bit harder - searching for the title gave me many childrens books with different titles. I search based on the authors name - Albert Bettex - and found a second-hand supplier. I also saw that he wrote "The Discovery of the World" - something I might look at when this project finishes.
I soon run into more problems - the second hand supplier doesn't ship to Germany. In the Romantic era it was possible to order books from foreign countries and have them shipped, but it seems that this is another area where we are backsliding. Still, I will have the book sent to my Mum - she can bring it to me next time she comes to visit.
My last problem is that I am not too enthusiastic about reading Thomas Kuhn's book - I know enough about his theory to be a real sceptic of it. I am certainly more in Poppers camp. Still, a new persperctive is always interesting, so let's see what Kuhn has to say for himself.
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