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Kuhn's evaluation on Nicolaus Copernicus' Revolution
In 1957 Kuhn published his first book, "The Copernican Revolution." Here he claimed that Copernicus’s model regarding heavenly bodies was no more accurate than Ptolemy system presented 1,400 years earlier. Kuhn believed Copernicus’s model was preferred since it was more pleasant to the audience rather than scientific reasons. His publication was significant to the philosophy of science since it discusses evolution of ideas, hypothesis and experiment to the promotion of modern science. -
Kuhn's structure of Scientific Revolutions
In 1962, Kuhn introduced for the first time the concept of paradigm shift in his book "The structure of Scientific Revolutions". The purpose of paradigms are to provide puzzles for scientists to resolve and to deliver the necessary tools for their solution. He also discussed the concepts of normal science and incommensurability to explain the nature of paradigm shift and the importance of understanding the evolution in scientific research.
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The essential tension of Thomas Kuhn
In 1977 was published Kuhn's book, "The Essential Tension", a compilation of his earliest essays in which he discussed the importance of tradition in science. Kuhn discarded Popper's traditional views of negative knowledge that appropriate theories are false. He believed that normal science can progress only if there is a strong commitment by the relevant scientific community to their theoretical beliefs, values, instruments, techniques, and philosophical contributions. -
Kuhn's book "The Trouble with the Historical Philosophy of Science"
In 1992, Kuhn published his book "The Trouble with the Historical Philosophy of Science” where he targeted supporters of the "Strong Programme in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, who believed that in approved result of an experiment or its theoretical meaning, all that matters are the participant's interests and power. Kuhn reflected that the results of a scientific event are to be found within science and not in the interests of the participants.
