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Thomas Kuhn (1922- 1996)

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  • Thomas Kuhn

    Thomas Kuhn
    Thomas Kuhn was born on July 18, 1922

  • The Copernican Revolution

    In his first book, The Copernican Revolution, Thomas Kuhn published his research on the development of the heliocentric theory of the solar system during the Renaissance.

  • The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories

    Kuhn made a dramatic declaration that the history of science unveils advocates of opposing paradigms failing to connect fully. Kuhn described the combined reasons for these limits to communication as the incommensurability as baggage of the pre- and post-revolutionary scientific periods. He spent several decades insisting that incommensurability neither expresses nor implies incomparability, and it does not make science irrational.

  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    In one of his most influential books, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn argued and presented his views on the history and development of science. He argued that scientific thought and periods are guided by a paradigm. He questioned the conventional notion of scientific progress being linear and cumulative knowledge. This book has become a major influence in a variety of fields but especially in the field of philosophy of science.

  • Paradigm Shifts

    The paradigm shift concept is still used today to explain the flow and progression of science. This idea and explanation of how science progresses is one of his greatest impacts in the field of science. https://youtu.be/Yn8cCDtVd5w

  • Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity

    Thomas Kun published Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894–1912, a book in which he dove in to the development of quantum mechanics.

  • Citations

    Bird, A. (2018, October 31). Thomas Kuhn. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved October 8, 2021, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/#LifeCare.
    Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Thomas S. Kuhn. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved October 8, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn.
    Oberheim, E., & Hoyningen-Huene, P. (2018, September 4). The incommensurability of scientific theories....