Philosophy of Science Thomas Kuhn July 8th, 1922 - June 7th 1996

By Shannon87

  • Birth - Thomas Kuhn

    Thomas Kuhn was born July 18th, 1922 in Cincinnati, OH.

  • Thomas Kuhn Graduated From Harvard University

    In 1943, Thomas Kuhn graduated from Harvard. Thereafter he spent the remainder of the war years in research related to radar at Harvard and then in Europe.

  • Thomas Kuhn and The University of California at Berkeley

    In 1961 Thomas Kuhn becomes a full professor at the University of California at Berkely. Taking up a post in the history of science, philosophy department. Enabling him to develop his interest in the philosophy of science.

  • Thomas Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    Thomas Kuhn's 1962 book 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' is on of the most cited academic books of all time. Published in the series “International Encyclopedia of Unified Science”, edited by Otto Neurath and Rudolf Carnap. The central idea of this extraordinarily influential and controversial book is that the development of science is driven, in normal periods of science, by adherence to what Kuhn called a .paradigm. Video Included: https://youtu.be/fV-vh9y_TQs?si=5gxDUYwIkayb9O2z

  • Thomas Kuhn Debates John Watkins at Bedford College, London

    The ensuing discussion, compared and contrasted the viewpoints of Kuhn and Popper and thereby helped illuminate the significance of Kuhn’s approach.

  • Thomas Kuhn named Professor of Philosophy at MIT

    In 1983 Thomas Kuhn was named Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT. Kuhn continued his work through the 1980's and 1990's on a variety of topics. Including the development of the concept of incommensurability.

  • Death - Thomas Kuhn

    At the time of his death in 1996 he was working on a second philosophical monograph dealing with, among other matters, an evolutionary conception of scientific change and concept acquisition in developmental psychology.