Thomas Kuhn

By Bryceb5

  • The birth of Thomas Kuhn

    On the July 18, 1922 Thomas Kuhn was born into a Jewish family to Samuel L. Kuhn, an industrial engineer, and Minette Stroock Kuhn in Cincinnati, Ohio (Bird, 2018). Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/.

  • Thomas Kuhn, PHD

    Thomas Kuhn Achieved his doctorate degree in 1949 after getting his master's degree in Physics in masters in 1946 at Harvard (Bird, 2018). Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/.

  • Kuhn to Berkley Professor

    In 1961 Thomas Kuhn was appointed as a professor at Berkley where he taught History of Science. Surprisingly he was not happy with this, he wanted to be a philosophy teacher rather than a history teacher but, he settled anyways (Bird, 2018). Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/.

  • Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    In this book Thomas Kuhn writes about science history. In the book he argues that scientific thought and research are defined by "paradigms". Here is a YouTube video backing his claims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQPsc55zsXA “Thomas Kuhn's Theory of Scientific Revolutions.” Thomas Kuhn's Theory of Scientific Revolutions, 19 Oct. 2017, https://bertie.ccsu.edu/naturesci/PhilSci/Kuhn.html.

  • Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity

    In the book "Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity", written by Thomas Kuhn, he doesn't talk about paradigms, which he is commonly known for. instead, he talks largely about how energy is quantised. A simple break down of this is, particles can only possess certain energy values and cannot be in between values (Bird, 2018). Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/.

  • The Death of Thomas Kuhn

    On June 6th, 1996, Thomas Kuhn passed away at the age of 73 in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Leading up to his death he had been battling cancer in his throat and lungs (Bird, 2018). Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/.