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Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18, 1922. Later in life he would become one of the most influential philosophers of science of the twentieth century.
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In 1943, he graduated from Harvard with his first degree. In 1946 he earned his masters degree in physics, then his doctorates degree also in physics in 1949.
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In 1957, Kuhn published his first book, The Copernican Revolution.
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In 1956 Kuhn left Harvard and moved to California. In 1961 he became a full time professor at the University of California at Berkeley where he started to focus more on the philosophy of science. After this change, his career would start to take many different routes of teaching and writing.
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In 1962, Kuhns book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was published where he revealed the paradigm shift which was broken into 4 phases. First is "Normal Science" where scientist attempt to solve puzzles. Second is the "Crisis", where you run into trouble and thinks start to not make sense. Third is the "Revolution" you have to attempt new ways of thinking to reach a revolution. And finally the fourth phase, the "Paradigm" where new ways of thinking replace the old ways.
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In the later years when Kuhn left Berkeley to become a professor at Princeton University he was names the Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT
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In 1996, Thomas Kuhn died at the age of 73. In his years of living he received many accolades, all which were well deserved. The man had several degrees in science and was surely an inspiration to many people within the scientific community. His ideas and teaching are apart of history and will be taught for many years to come.