Norwood Russell Hanson

Norwood Russell Hanson
Born	(1924-08-17)August 17, 1924 West New York, New Jersey
Died	April 18, 1967(1967-04-18) (aged 42) Ripley Hill, Cortland County, New York
Alma mater	University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of Oxford, Cambridge University
Notable work	Patterns of Discovery (1958), The Concept of the Positron (1963)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Main interests	Philosophy of science, Aeronautics
Notable ideas	Patterns of discovery, distinction between 'seeing as' and 'seeing that'

Norwood Russell Hanson (August 17, 1924 – April 18, 1967) was an American philosopher of science. Hanson was a pioneer in advancing the argument that observation is theory-laden — that observation language and theory language are deeply interwoven — and that historical and contemporary comprehension are similarly deeply interwoven. His single most central intellectual concern was the comprehension and development of a logic of discovery.