Thomas Kuhn(1922-1996)

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  • Thoman Kuhn's Birth

    Thoman Kuhn's Birth
    Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kuhn obtained his Bachelors in 1943, and Masters in 1946, both in physics from Harvard University. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1949 in the History of Science, also from Harvard University.

  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    In 1962, Thomas Kuhn published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which was defined how the scientific community as a whole, changes its theories, concepts, or ways of thinking. He described this process as paradigm shifts.

  • Paradigm Shifts

    Paradigm Shifts
    Thomas Kuhn defined the process of a Paradigm shift as the following four phases.
    1. "Normal Science" - the current paradigm is being used to solve problems and explain anomalies.
    2. "Model Crisis" - anomalies add up and are unable to be explained. Scientists engage in debates to solve the problem.
    3. "Model Revolution" - Scientists develop new ways of thinking and new solutions to explain the anomalies
    4. "Paradigm Shift" - The new is accepted and becomes "Normal Science"

  • Thomas Kuhn's Death

    Thomas Kuhn's Death
    Thomas Kuhn continues to teach and write essays up until his death on June 17, 1996, in Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • citations

    Bird, Alexander, "Thomas Kuhn", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2018/entries/thomas-kuhn/. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Thomas S. Kuhn". Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Jul. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn. Accessed 6 June 2021.