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In 1961, Thomas Kuhn became a full professor at the University of California at Berkeley as a professor of a History of Science class. This was a key start toward his transitioning towards the Philosophy of Science.
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On this date, Thomas Kuhn published "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". In this book, he introduced the idea of paradigm shifts in science.
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On this date, at this International Colloquium held at Bedford College in London, Kuhn was set to debate Freyerabend. This debate never happened due to Freyerabend being ill. This event helped further promote Thomas Kuhn's profile among philosophers.
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Up until the time of his death Thomas Kuhn was working on a second philosophical monograph dealing with and evolutionary conception of scientific change and concept acquisition in developmental psychology.