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Born in Cincinatti, Ohio
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Earned his Bachelor's in Science for Physics from Harvard.
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Thomas Kuhn wrote and got published “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” which was arguably his most famous work. It was in this book that he determined that the scientific process does not follow a simply linear path but rather goes in and out of periods of “revolution”. These points in the scientific process is what was later deemed as “paradigm shifts”. He determined that science is broken into 3 stages; Prescience, normal science and the revolution.
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Thomas Kuhn had an interview with Niels Bohr which included a recording the day before Bohr's death.
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It was in this essay that Kuhn defended his book by reiterating the five criteria that helps in theory choice:
1- Accurate
2- Consistent
3- Broad Scope
4- Simple
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While these steps ultimately help guide down theory choice they do not mean that it will ultimately determine that the end result will be true. His argument was that even if two people select two different theories and apply the information listed above, they could still end up with wildly different results. The point was that when a person selects and idea their own personal reasons for choice does eventually influence things. This could mean that it allows for different paradigms to form.
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At MIT
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