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The Book
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was an American philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift. (Stanford)
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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn was elected to the esteemed ‘Society of Fellows’ at Harvard University. In 1954, he was conferred the prestigious title of ‘Guggenheim Fellow. The video below shows his core ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL7PA51Qs8A
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Paradigm Shifts
Thomas Kuhn argued that science does not evolve gradually towards truth. Science has a paradigm which remains constant before going through a paradigm shift when current theories can’t explain some phenomenon, and someone proposes a new theory. (Simply Psychology)
References: Thomas, K. (1962). The structure of scientific revolutions Chicago: University of Chicago Press
