Thomas Kuhn(18 July 1922-17 June 1996)

  • Kuhn becomes a full professor at University of California at Berkeley

    In 1961, Thomas Kuhn became a full professor at the University of California at Berkeley as a professor of a History of Science class. This was a key start toward his transitioning towards the Philosophy of Science.
  • Thomas Kuhn publishes The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    On this date, Thomas Kuhn published "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". In this book, he introduced the idea of paradigm shifts in science.
  • International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science

    On this date, at this International Colloquium held at Bedford College in London, Kuhn was set to debate Freyerabend. This debate never happened due to Freyerabend being ill. This event helped further promote Thomas Kuhn's profile among philosophers.
  • Second Philosophical monograph

    Up until the time of his death Thomas Kuhn was working on a second philosophical monograph dealing with and evolutionary conception of scientific change and concept acquisition in developmental psychology.