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Date of Birth
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The Copernican Revolution
This is the first book that Kuhn published. He talks about the Copernican Revolution and how it wasn't just a break through for astronomy, but also science and philosophy. This was one of the first steps to proving the paradigm shift that Kuhn is know for.
Citation:
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957 -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
This book was Kuhn's main work. Here he presents the idea of the paradigm shift which happens when there is a major change in either the concept of practice of how something works. Before Kuhn there was paradigms, but they were looked as puzzles and tools to solve them. They didn't go to completely other theories to prove something.
Citation:
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962. -
The Paradigm Shift
The idea of the paradigm before Kuhn was thought that scientist get puzzles and tools and if they can not solve it it's an anomaly. Kuhn's theory showed that if it cannot be proven their could be another explanation. The paradigm shift is when there is a shift in thinking about a topic, such as the shift from the Ptolemaic model to the Copernican model. -
Date of Death
Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts
