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Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1922. He had a mother and father, his father was a industrial engineer. Thomas Kuhn attended a private school which based its teachings on independent thinking. He attended collage at Harvard university, where he obtained degrees in physics. Thomas Kuhn than switched his degree study from physics to history and philosophy at Harvard junior fellow. Later teaching at philosophy at Berkeley. -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
In 1957 Thomas Kuhn released a book which provides another look of the Copernican Revolution. Thomas Kuhn states that the Ptolemaic system offers a better appeal than a astronomical system and has become mixed in broader philosophical and theological beliefs. He states his broader appeal made it difficult for other systems to be brought up. His book is popular for anyone who is interested in the evolutions of ideas. His book is called The Copernican Revolution. -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
In 1962 Thomas Kuhn released The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. In these works Thomas Kuhn states that competing paradigms are frequently incommensurable. In the writings of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas Kuhn challenges other philosophers ideas and presented his own. His book is not widely used and popular in its field of study. Here is a short video detailing The Structure of Scientific Revolutions- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g2mDg52cFs -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
In 1977 a collection of essays on philosophy and the history of science by Thomas Kuhn wrote were released. Those essays were called The Essential Tension. In this book Thomas Kuhn talks about the social side of how science is done and how it moves forward. And though Kuhn is writing specifically about science as a social endeavor, a number of the insights can be readily applied to other areas.
