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Thomas Kuhn (July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996)

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Thomas Kuhn is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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    Harvard Education

    Thomas Kuhn studied Physics at Harvard. He received his bachelor's degree in 1940, his master's degree in 1946, and his PhD in 1949. At Harvard Kuhn was a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows. He credited his years as a Junior Fellow as a driving factor to the writing of "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." Kuhn, Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel), 1922-1996, author. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago :University of Chicago Press, 1970.

  • The Copernican Revolution

    The Copernican Revolution
    Thomas Kuhn writes "The Copernican Revolution," in which he presents a multitude of concepts that he further develops in "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." Kuhn, Th. S. (1957). The Copernican revolution. Planetary astronomy in the development of western thought. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    Thomas Kuhn wrote "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," in which he theorized that science periodically went through drastic changes in scientific thought which he labeled "paradigm shifts." This was Kuhn's biggest and most polarizing contribution to the philosophy of science. Kuhn also coined the phrase "normal science" which he described as the normal work done by scientists operating in a paradigm.

  • Death

    Death
    Kuhn impacted the philosophy of science by challenging what was thought about scientific processes. His theories present themselves in moments like Newton's discovery of gravity and how all bodies attract other bodies, when it was previously believed that all objects moved toward the ground because that was their nature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8&ab_channel=Then%26Now