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Birth of Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Minette Kuhn, and Samuel Kuhn -
Kuhn Finishes Bachelors Degree
Kuhn attended Harvard and had received a bachelors in Physics -
Kuhn receives his Masters
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Kuhn receives his Doctorate
Kuhn had received his Doctorate from Harvard in The History of Science -
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Kuhn becomes a Teacher
A couple years after receiving his Doctorate, Kuhn starts teaching at Harvard University about The Philosophy of Science -
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Kuhn changes schools
Kuhn decided to teaching at Harvard and decided to teach at the University of California Berkley, in the same field he did at Harvard -
Kuhn writes The Copernican Revolution
Thomas Kuhn wrote “The Copernican Revolution” in 1957, in which he studied Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory proposal and its’ impact on society during the Renaissance -
Kuhn writes The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn wrote “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” in 1962, in which he coined the term “paradigm” or “paradigm shift” as a way of describing how societal changes skew the perception of scientific theories, which it then assisted in creating excellent scientific theories -
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Kuhn Teaches at Princeton
Kuhn then after decided to teach at Princeton University in Philosophy of Science -
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Kuhn teaches at MIT
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The Death of Thomas Kuhn