PHIL202

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    Thomas Kuhn

    Godfrey-Smith, Peter. “Kuhn and normal science.” Theory and Reality : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, University of Chicago Press, 2003, pp. 75–86, https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook?sid=c4af3b3e-b4b2-4b44-9e46-977e8375a6fb%40redis&vid=0&format=EB. Wray, Brad K. “Thomas S. Kuhn.” Oxford Bibliographies, 24 July 2018, www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195396577/obo-9780195396577-0202.xml#obo-9780195396577-0202-bibItem-0001.

  • Thomas Kuhn- The Copernican Revolution

    The first book published by Thomas Kuhn which discusses the heliocentric theory. Kuhn was a professor at Harvard and this work was considered the piece that can be defined as him outgrowing his teaching at Harvard. This book provides an in depth look at astronomy with focus on Newton's laws of planetary motion and Galileo's theory on free-falling bodies. Many like to point out the lack of reference in this book when comparing it to Structure (Wray, 2018).

  • Thomas Kuhn- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    One of the most influential books about science, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions or Structure, was published in 1962 by Thomas Kuhn. In this book he discusses critical theories such as the definition of a paradigm. The influence of this work is so widespread that many works written about science by historians, philosophers, and sociologists can be linked to Structure. The ideas and theories developed by Kuhn have even made their way into both business and politics (Godfrey-Smith, 2003).

  • Thomas Kuhn- The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change

    This work by Thomas Kuhn contains papers describing the relationship between both the history and philosophy of science. It also contains many philosophical papers in part two of the book (Wray, 2018).

  • Thomas Kuhn- Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity: 1894–1912

    Another key work of Kuhn, in this book Kuhn discusses the development of quantum mechanics. Kuhn also makes a claim that is quite controversial in this book. Despite popular belief, according to Kuhn, Max Planck did not initiate a revolution in physics intentionally. This work by Kuhn examines the work of Planck at the end of the 19th century. He even goes on to say that Planck misread some of his earlier work. This book is praised for its attention to detail despite the criticism (Wray, 2018).