In an interview in 1990, Kuhn distanced himself from the idea of using history as a
straightforward test of the truth or falsity of theories of scientific development: ‘I never thought that
Structure was more than a highly schematic sketch. I did not expect any direct lessons. I’ve always
said, assimilate this point of view and this way of doing it, and then see what it does for you when
you try to write a history, but don’t go out looking at history to see whether this is true or false,
to test the ideas’ (Kuhn, 1990, p. 23).