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Incommensurability
Thomas Kuhn's basic idea of incommensurability was that during a scientific revolution, new paradigm shifts have to lead to some incapable predictions. -
War Work
During the summer of 1943, Thomas Kuhn joined a radio group called Research Laboratory's theoretical group. His group devised counter measures against enemy radar. Kuhn was sent to work in a laboratory in the United Kingdom. He eventually travelled with a Royal Air force officer to study a captured piece of a German radar. Kuhn returned to Harvard University after the war and graduated with a master's degree in Physics. -
Ptolemaic Astronomy
Thomas Kuhn used his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, to detail the problems Ptolemaic system and Copernicus' solution to them. Kuhn then stated that Aristotelian science was genuine science and those working within it, specifically Ptolemaic astronomy where engaged in a reasonable and accredited project. -
Paradigms
The concept of the paradigm was Thomas Kuhn's most popular theory. He described the theory in a book called The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He wondered how a man like Aristotle could be so undetailed when it came to the ideas of motion. Thomas Kuhn realized that the framework of science that Aristotle was using, was completely different that the real framework of science. The framework was a paradigm shift.
