This very lightweight article doesn't touch on why Popper and Kuhn were so influential (although I'm partial to Imre Lakatos, who tried to rescue Popper from Ku

This very lightweight article doesn't touch on why Popper and Kuhn were so influential (although I'm partial to Imre Lakatos, who tried to rescue Popper from Kuhn). If you aren't familiar with the Logical Positivists and their approach to science, it's valuable background to understanding the debates. The article shows that the West has not really come to terms with rejecting divine revelation and the end of absolute certainty. Some personalities seem more drawn to "facts" than others, probably the same ones that are drawn to authoritarianism (of whatever flavor). I doubt people with high openness (in the OCEAN / Big Five sense) really clamor for FACTS.