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Kuhn's take on Copernicus
Published in 1957, Kuhn had taught his ideas and his book to his students called the Copernicus Revolution. His book did not agree with Copernicus' idea that the Earth orbits the sun. Kuhn thought Copernicus' book was no different than Ptolemy's. He sees the book as more pleasing to the individuals reading it, not seen as true for scientific purposes. Kuhn's book is still read today in many different copies. "Home.” Famous Scientists, www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn. -
Paradigm shift
This idea is how Kuhn goes down in history. A paradigm shift can happen when you reach all the way back to an original idea, find that the idea may have been false and needs to be changed, and then start from scratch to find a better answer to the idea. In between these shifts, Kuhn likes to call normal science. This is his idea of puzzle solving. Excellent video on the explanation of The Paradigm Shift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOGZEZ96ynI -
Incommensurability
This word isn't common, and originally the Greek's adopted it. Explained as a triangle whos hypotenuse length is an irrational number. This means it's an incommensurable number. Kuhn then adopted this which he explained his paradigm shifts to be the same idea, with completely different views on it. Oberheim, Eric, and Paul Hoyningen-Huene. “The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 25 Feb. 2009, -
Kuhn's work now
Passing away in 1996, his legacy continues on. Kuhn is most familiar in the Humanities and vague in other areas of education. Some philosophers find Kuhn's ideas to be completely wrong and ideas to be old.
“My mother once said to me, 'You can say anything you like, but be very careful what you write down.'” "Thomas Kuhn." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 12 Jun. 2017. Web. 8/28/2018
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