Thomas Kuhn

  • Birth

    Place of birth was in Cincinnati Ohio on July 18th 1922
  • Summer 1947

    Kuhn who was struggling with Aristotle Theory of motion relied he was applying Newtonian concepts to Aristotle's work causing his difficulty. This even convinced Kuhn to become a Philosopher
  • Period: to

    Developing Kuhns Structure

    Kuhn was given an opportunity to give the Lowell lectures in 1951 by Ralph Lowell. this lecture is where he first outlined the problems in scientific philosophy by taking about why Galileo rejected Aristotle theory as a system as well as many other points. Later he identified Plurality was missed by philosophers of the Copernican revolution and the impacts on the science as a whole. this lead him to write three papers across 10 years. where he identified Function, Paradigm , and dogma
  • Period: to

    Kuhns works.

    Kuhns first article was ‘The function of measurement in modern physical science’ this essentially identified function as a essential factor of Science .
    second came "The Essential Tension" where he identified the paradigm for convergent thinking .
    third came ‘The function of dogma in scientific research" where he outline how theory not only can come from current thinking but also past one as well.
  • "Structure" is published

    was not a single publishing but covered the years 1962-1970
  • Death

    Died of Lung Cancer
  • Works cited

    IEP. (n.d.). Kuhn, Thomas S. Retrieved from https://www.iep.utm.edu/kuhn-ts/ Stanford. (2004, August 13). Thomas Kuhn (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/ Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities. (n.d.). YouTube/ 'The Philosophy of the Humanities. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQPsc55zsXA
  • Scientific revolution Video