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Birth
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. The first of two children born to Samuel L. and Minette Kuhn. His father Cincinnatian and his mother a New Yorker. -
Education
Thomas Kuhn graduated from The Taft School in Watertown. -
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Career
After he graduation Kuhn taught ‘History of Science’ at Harvard University. -
Education
Kuhn graduated from Harvard University with a B.S in Physics, M.S. and Ph.D. degree. Kuhn realized that he wanted to be a philosopher of science by doing history of science. -
The Copernican Revolution
Kuhn’s publishes his book entitled "The Copernican Revolution." The book talks about Kuhn’s' studies on Copernicus. Copernicus, according to Kuhn, was the immediate inheritor of Aristotelian-Ptolemaic cosmological tradition and, except for the position of the earth, was closer to that tradition than to modern astronomy. https://youtu.be/vzo8vnxSARg -
Structure
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" Kuhn’s second book released. He discusses his views on paradigm shifts, it is this book that appears most often when Kuhn and his works are discussed. Kuhn outlined a new way of seeing science in contrast to the traditional philosophy of sciences. -
Thomas Kuhn "The Trojan horse”
Kuhn passes away. Thomas Kuhn and much of his work has and will continue to shape the future of science and the philosophy of science for years to come.