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Thomas Kuhn (July 18, 1922-June 17, 1996)
Around 1949, Kuhn was teaching an undergraduate class that allowed him to dive deeper into historical texts. Mainly about Aristotle's works that led him to forming his thoughts on heliocentricity that allowed him to publish his first book "The Copernican Revolution." -
Thomas Kuhn (July 18, 1922-June 17, 1996)
In 1956, Kuhn departed from Harvard after he was unable to obtain tenure and started working at the University of Berkeley where shortly afterwards he was able to have a professorship. Afterwards, he started writing about his theory of the paradigm shift and its phases at Berkeley that would eventually become published into "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." -
Thomas Kuhn (July 18, 1922-June 17, 1996)
Below are Thomas Kuhn's major works. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The University of Chicago Press, 2015. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution. MJF Books, 1997. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Essential Tension. Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1977. Kuhn, Thomas S. Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity: 1894-1912. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1993. -
Thomas Kuhn (July 18, 1922-June 17, 1996)
In 1962, Kuhn published his revolutionary work "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." In it he described his theory of the paradigm shift and the phases that our society goes through in order to advance itself. At first it did not sell as well as expected but it continued to sell years later and, as of today, there are millions of copies sold. Below is a link to a YouTube video explaining the paradigm shift.
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Thomas Kuhn (July 18, 1922-June 17, 1996)
In 1965, an important moment happened for Thomas Kuhn at the International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science in London at Bedford College. At this event there was a debate between Kuhn and Popper that was able to highlight the importance of Kuhn's work on the theory of the paradigm shift. Originally, Kuhn was supposed to debate against Paul Feyerabend and his works but, possibly fortunately, he became ill and was unable to attend.
