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Birthday
Thomas Kuhn was born July 18 1922 in Cinncinnati, OH. -
The Copernican Revolution
Thomas Kuhn became a professor after obtaining his master’s degree, later earning his doctorate in physics. During this time Kuhn dove into history and published his first book The Copernican Revolution, in 1957 focusing on astronomy, physics, and nature ideas. Kuhn discusses many different scientific elements in this book. -
The structure of Scientific Revolution
Thomas Kuhn is a published author of the best-known The structure of Scientific Revolution in 1962. Thomas Kuhn goes into depth about the different process of changes in his book. Which discuss the ideas of the paradigm, paradigm change, and incommensurability changing the way public think about science. -
International Colloquium in London
One of the key events of the Colloquium was intended to be a debate between Kuhn and Feyerabend, with Feyerabend promoting the critical rationalism that he shared with Popper. As it was, Feyerabend was ill and unable to attend, and the papers delivered focussed on Kuhn’s work. -
Paradigm
The two questions that were arising from his theories were, “what is the consensus a consensus about? The second question being, what generates and maintains the consensus? Kuhn, in 1969, gave two answers corresponding to the two senses of paradigm. -
Death
Thomas Kuhn died June 17 1996 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
