I will examine the limits of falsification and verification in light of Thomas Kuhn’s famous book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. I argue for an open-ended approach to LDS scripture that recognizes a substantial “cause to believe” in support of faith and also recognizes what Kuhn calls the “essential tension” necessary for working on unresolved problems. What are the means by which the same information can be valued as a “counterinstance,” a “puzzle,” or as “cause to believe?” I believe Ian Barbour’s concept of critical realism can help us find our way through these difficult but fascinating issues.

Kevin Christensen, Christian Anderson