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Thomas Kuhn earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in physics. In 1949 he achieved his Ph. D in the history of science. It was during his studies for his Doctorates that the transition from being a physicist to a philosopher of science began to take shape.
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“Thomas S. Kuhn .” Encyclopedia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 July 19AD, https://www.iep.utm.edu/kuhn-ts/#SH2a. -
During these lectures Kuhn began discussing concepts that were the basis of Structure. He explored opposing concepts to a traditional stance of science being a span of slowly cumulative knowledge and offered an alternative historical approach to Scientific Methodology. He also analyzed the use of logic, language, and meaning in Science.
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Marcum, James A. “Thomas S. Kuhn (1922—1996).” Iep.utm.edu, https://www.iep.utm.edu/kuhn-ts/#SH2a. -
The release of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was published and began to cause waves in the scientific community. It discussed paradigms and how are subject to change through a series of occurrences broken down into four phases.These phases include normal science, model crisis, model revolution, and paradigm shift.
Bird, Alexander, "Thomas Kuhn", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(Winter2018Edition),EdwardN.Zalta(ed.),https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2018/entries/thomas-kuhn/ -
In response to criticism of structure, and to provide clarification on multiple components, Kuhn released postscripts. It addresses a more thorough definition of paradigm and responds to criticism of him being too relativistic and confusing descriptive and normative analysis.
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“Overview & Questions on Thomas Kuhn's 1969 Postscript to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.” www3.Dbu.edu/, https://www3.dbu.edu/mitchell/kuhnpostscript.htm.
