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Thomas Kuhn

By ChrisPug
  • Birth

    Birth

    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • First Book

    First Book

    The Copernican Revolution. Were he studied the development of the heliocentric theory of the solar system during the Renaissance.
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    First Published as a monograph in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science. Then is was published as a book by University of Chicago Press.
  • Paradigm cycle

    Paradigm cycle

    Thomas Kuhn Paradigm is a repeating cycle that composes of: Paradigm (normal phase), Crisis (collapse of paradigm) and Revolution (extraordinary phase).

  • Paradigm Video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasVTgZc9Gw

  • Paradigm

    it is the Normal phase. Here the experiment and discoveries are made. The paradigm is not challenged.

  • Crisis

    Or other know as the collapse. This is the point were the scientist conducts experiments that disapprove the current paradigms.

  • Revolution

    The extraordinary phase. Once scientist find a new set of rules to move forward with a new paradigm is discovered. A new set of rules can be constructed.
  • Death

    Death

    Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • MLA Bibliography

    Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/#Bib. “Thomas S. Kuhn | American Philosopher and Historian.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn.