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Early Life
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 18, 1922. During his adolescence his family settled in a small town north of New York City named Croton-On-Harbor. In the Autumn of 1940, Kuhn entered into Harvard with an intention of majoring in Physics.
References: Heilbron, J. L. “Thomas Samuel Kuhn, 18 July 1922-17 June 1996.” Isis, vol. 89, no. 3, [The University of Chicago Press, The History of Science Society], 1998, pp. 505–15, http://www.jstor.org/stable/237146. -
Foundations to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Kuhn's largest contribution to the philosophy of science is his most famous release, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". While a graduate student at Harvard University, he read, under the suggestion of the professor of the history of science I. B. Cohen,
"Galileo Studies" Alexandre Koyré which gave an exertion of influence on Kuhn to begin study on the history of ideas. This influence would lay down the necessary foundations to begin work on "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn left Harvard in 1956 to take up a job at the University of California at Berkeley and remained there until 1964. During his time at Berkeley, he held positions in Philosophy and History. Despite his busy work schedule, he continued his work on "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" and inevitably got it published in late 1962. It was well accepted amongst social scientists and students but it also received criticism from philosophers. -
The Impact
Thomas Kuhn would leave Berkeley in 1964 for Princeton where he became a director in their Philosophy and History Departments. "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was inevitably accepted despite the initial criticism from philosophers as realization would come that it offers the baseline belief of what a scientific revolution would look like rather than panacea to its anomalies. This publication is consistently being remarked as an influence and a guideline of how to propose upcoming ideas -
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