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Birth Of Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Samuel Kuhn and Minette Kuhn. -
Marriage
Thomas Kuhn married Kathryn Muhs. They would have two two daughters and a son. The couple would become divorced in 1978 -
Receives His PhD
Three years after earning his Masters degree in Physics, he earned his PhD in Physics at Harvard University under Nobel Prize winner John Van Vleck. -
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Teaching At Harvard
Begins to teach students at Harvard -
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Teaching At Berkley
Starts teaching at University of California at Berkley after leaving Harvard -
Publishes The Copernican Revolution
Kuhn publishes The Copernican Revolution. In it he focuses on the heliocentric theory development during the Renaissance Period. -
Published His Second Book
In 1962 Kuhn publishes his second book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. In this book Kuhn argued that scientific research and thoughts are defined by conceptual world views or "paradigms". -
Becomes Professor of Philosophy and History of Science
Kuhn took M. Taylor Pyne's position in Princeton University as the Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. -
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Teaching At Princeton
Starts teaching at Princeton after leaving Berkley -
Popper Vs Kuhn
The debate was between Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. Popper believed that science is rational because it is committed to relentless criticism of its theories and assumptions. Kuhn, on the other hand, believed that the relaxation of criticism marks the beginning of normal science, which is fundamentally dogmatic. -
Contributions #1
Thomas Kuhn was a key role in helping shape modern philosophy. Some of his early contributions include the concept of a paradigm shift, incommensurability, and social and psychological aspects of scientific practice. His ideology helped callenge and shape modern science as we understand and know it. Not only was he a briliant philosopher for his time period but i believe that many of his thoeries are still of relivance today. -
Awarded The Howard T. Behrman Award
Kuhn was awarded the Howard T. Behrman Award for distinguished achievement in humanities, This award is given annually to selected faculty members from Princeton's humanities department. -
Publishes The Essential Tension
Kuhn publishes his third book The Essential Tension. The book was a collection of his essays in philosophy and history of science. -
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Teaching At MIT
Starts teaching at MIT after leaving Princeton -
Marriage To Jehane
Kuhn married Jehane Barton Burns. -
Awarded George Sarton Medal
This award is given to outstanding historians of science selected from the international scholarly community. This medal honors Thomas Kuhn for lifetime scholarly achievement. -
Awarded The John Desmond Bernal Prize
Thomas Kuhn was awarded the John Desmond Bernal Prize for his contributions to the field of science, technology studies, and his studies on the structures of scientific revolutions, -
Lawrence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy
Kuhn was named Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT. -
Contributions #2
Thomas Kuhn was one of the great brilliant minds of his generation and I believe every great future scientist or philosopher has much to learn from his teachings and his theories. Kuhn had not only an interesting personal life but he also had an intresting mind. For this last contributions text im choosing to list him and his life as a contribution as without him the course of science and modern science might be and look extremly different. -
Kuhn Retires
Kuhn retired in 1991 and took the rank of professor emeritus. -
Kuhns Death
At the age of 73 Thomas Kuhn Died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died from throat and lung cancer which he has been battling for two years. -
Resources
Bird, A. (2018, October 31). Thomas Kuhn. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/ -
Reference #2
Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (2023, July 14). Thomas S. Kuhn. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn