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Thomas Kuhn 1922/1996
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", one of, if not the most commonly cited books in an academic setting. One of the big highlights from Thomas Kuhn's book was the new concept of a Paradigm Shift. The shift consisted of 5 phases, beginning from the pre-paradigm phase where incomplete theories requiring deep research start, all the way the phase 5 with the Post-revolution: this is after the scientific revolution and in this phase we reset back to normal science phase to continue research. -
Noam Chomsky 1928/Alive Today
Noam Chomsky's most significant theory is that at birth the human mind is already equipped to learn languages at an accelerated rate. Not only is the new human brain ready to learn new languages without instruction but holds the fundamental foundations to all languages referred to as "universal grammar." Noam argues that all languages possess a "common structural." https://www.structural-learning.com/post/chomskys-theory -
Alan Chalmers 1939/2017
When Alan Chalmers published his book "What is This Thing Called Science?" he opened up the discussion that science can not exist without observations, experimentations and theories. Within his book Alan also argues against Karl Popper's theory of hypothesis, believing scientific hypothesis must be capable of being falsified, if not then the hypothesis is not scientific. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-thing-called-science-alan-chalmers-adil-jaleel-zubairi -
Daniel Dennett 1942/still alive
Most famously know for his theory of consciousness, Daniel Dennett believes all living things are conscious, plants, bugs and even down to the microscopic level. To Daniel there is one major difference between humans and any other living things, that one thing is our language. This is what gives us the capability to ask ourselves questions and internally remember experiences. Daniel Dennett says "Learning depends on being able to extract information from your past and apply it in the future."