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"The Copernican Revolution" Published
Kuhn published "The Copernican Revolution". The first example of a paradigm shift prior to his later book. Challenges and shifts our knowledge to accept that the Sun is the center of the solar system as created by the heliocentric model. Kuhn, T. S. "The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought". Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1957 Kuhn, T. S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 1962 -
The Paradigm Shift
When Kuhn published his book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", his name became synonymous with a newly founded discipline called a paradigm shift. Kuhn's book challenged the idea of "normal science". Kuhn's book was not only marked a highlight of his career but changed science and philosophy. Video link to illustrate Kuhn's Paradigm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasVTgZc9Gw Kuhn, Thomas S. "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". The University of Chicago Press, 2015. -
Incommensurability
Kuhn furthered his paradigm explanation stating that paradigms are incommensurable. Cannot rationally choose between paradigm and cannot compare the data. Unlike normal science, crisis science has no set of guidelines or rules to solve the crisis. Therefore, a crisis phase is where we find incommensurable. Unable to define in a rational, objective, or scientific way. -
The Essential Tension
"The Essential Tension" was published in 1977 and was a compilation of Kuhn's scientific essays in which the importance of traditional science was emphasized. -
Work Cited
Kuhn, Thomas S. "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". The University of Chicago Press, 2015 Oberheim, Eric &Paul Hoyningen-Huene. “The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University. plato.stanford.edu/entries/incommensurability/.
