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Thomas Kuhn was born July 18, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Thomas Kuhn pursued his education at Harvard University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in physics and a Ph.D. in the history of science. Thomas taught at many Universities over the 20-plus years of his life. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Thomas S. Kuhn". Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Jul. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn. Accessed 5 February 2023.
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He was a physicist who observed science textbooks and sought an understanding of scientific progress and process. Thomas Kuhn's paradigm inspires many scholars and philosophers to study different theories and develop new facts. Kuhn's research completely changed the outlook on science. He retired from MIT in 1991 at age 69. Thomas Kuhn." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 12 Jun. 2017. Web. 2/5/2023
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Thomas Kuhn published The Copernican Revolution in 1957, which studied the development of heliocentric theory during the Renaissance and the beginning of the Scientific Revolution, in which he introduced the word paradigm. Kuhn believed that Copernicus's theories were mainly accepted due to society's need for change rather than actual scientific experimentation to prove his theory. -
The Second, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, defined paradigm shifts and conceptual worldviews. This book changed the way many philosophers think about science. Kugn questioned traditional scientific progress based on rationally chosen experimental frameworks. A paradigm shift is a way of describing how societal changes affect perceptions of scientific theories. -
Thomas Kuhn began teaching at Princeton University as a Professor and History of Science.
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In 1979, he became Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) "Thomas Kuhn." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 12 Jun. 2017. Web. 2/5/2023
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Thomas Kuhn died, age 73, of cancer on June 17, 1996, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had been suffering from throat and lung cancer for two years. Thomas Kuhn." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 12 Jun. 2017. Web. 2/5/2023
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8&t=348s Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Thomas S. Kuhn." Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn.
Accessed 5 February 2023. Thomas Kuhn." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 12 Jun. 2017. Web. 2/6/2023
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