This paper considers the similarities and differences between Toulmin and Kuhn on the problem of pre diction . The context of the analysis is the beginning of the “historical turn” in philosophy of science (i.e., the period before the 1965 international colloquium held at Bedford College). The comparison between these authors takes into account several levels: semantic, logical, epistemological, methodological, onto logical, and axiological. The main goal is to analyze whether there are influences of Toulmin in Kuhn re garding scientific prediction or, at least, if the former reached similar positions to the latter on the issue of the role of prediction in science .
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