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N. Russell Hanson
"Hanson was born in 1924 in Cortland County, New York. He studied trumpet with the legendary William Vacchiano and played at Carnegie Hall, but his musical career was interrupted by World War II. He trained as a fighter pilot, developing a reputation as a 'hot pilot' (famously looping the Golden Gate Bridge)." He designed the logo for the squadron -
Education
Using his G.I.Bill he pursued college. He obtained degrees from the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Oxford and Cambridge, and stayed in Britain to continue teaching and writing. In 1957, he founded the first department of History and Philosophy of Science in Indiana University. -
Work
"Hanson's best-known work is Patterns of Discovery, in which he argues that what we see and perceive is not what our senses receive, but is instead filtered sensory information, where the filter is our existing preconceptions – a concept later called a 'thematic framework.'" -
Thoughts
"He cited optical illusions which can be seen in different ways. Hanson drew a distinction between 'seeing as' and 'seeing that' which became a key idea in evolving theories of perception and meaning." Thomas Kuhn also helped some Hanson's views become accepted.
