Thomas Kuhn

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  • Birth

    Thomas Kuhn's birth.

  • Thomas Kuhn named a Gugenheim Fellow

    Thomas Kuhn gets named as a Guggenheim Fellow which is a prestigious grant awarded to those "Who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."

  • The Structure of the Scientific Revolutions

    A work by Thomas Kuhn that is largely considered a landmark event in the history and philosophy of science. He challenged what was at that time considered to be normal science.

  • Teaching

    Teaching
    Thomas Kuhn joined Princeton University as the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science He also served as the university's president of the History of science society from 1969 until 1970.

  • Death

    Thomas Kuhn's death.

  • Thomas Kuhn Paradigm Shift Award

    Talks will be judged on the novelty of viewpoint, the cogency of argument and the potential impact if the speaker's paradigm were to become widely accepted. Source http://web2011.acscomp.org/awards/thomas-kuhn-paradigm-shift-award