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The birth of Thomas Samuel Kuhn
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 18 July 1922. He was the oldest to his brother Roger Kuhn. His parents were Samuel L. and Minette (neè Stroock) Kuhn. -
Kuhn started undergrad at Harvard University
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Kuhn graduated summa cum laude with his bachelors degree in physics.
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Kuhn achieved his first publication for writing a summary for the Harvard Alumni Bulletin.
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Thomas Kuhn received his Masters Degree in Physics
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Thomas Kuhn married his wife Kathryn (Kay) Muhs
They had three children together, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Nathaniel. Kuhn later divorce and remarried to Jehane Burns in 1982 -
Thomas Kuhn was graduated with his Doctorate in Physics from Harvard University
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Thomas Kuhn taught Philosophy of Science at Harvard University
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Thomas Kuhn taught the Philosophy of science at the University of California Berkeley
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Thomas Kuhn completed and published his book on the "Copernican Revolution".
The book explained that scientific revolutions are not just about changes in theories but also the acceptance of new ideas within a scientific community. "Copernicus, according to Kuhn, was the immediate inheritor of Aristotelian-Ptolemaic cosmological tradition and, except for the position of the earth, was closer to that tradition than to modern astronomy" (Wrenn). -
"The Structure of Scientific Revolution"
Kuhn's " The Structure of Scientific Revolution". Introduced the concept of "paradigm shifts" which has impacted the philosophy of science. "Paradigm Shifts" explained the fundamental changes in the way a scientific community views the natural world. A paradigm is a set of shared beliefs, methods, and practices that define a scientific discipline during a particular period or event.
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The University of Chicago Press, 2012 -
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Thomas Kuhn taught Philosophy of Science at Princeton University.
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President of the History of Science Society
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The second edition of The Structure of Scientific Revolution
Kuhn added a Postscript–1969 commenting
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First Honorary degree from Notre Dame
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"Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912" was published
Kuhn published a book that focuses on the history of quantum theory. -
Kuhn became a professor at Massachusetts institue of Technology (MIT) for Philosophy
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Kuhn became MIT's Chair's first holder in philosophy
1983 Kuhn became an emeritus professor, Dr. Kuhn held the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professorship in Philosophy. -
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President of the Philosophy of Science Association
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The passing of Thomas Samuel Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn passes in Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
Educational video
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Bibliography/ Sources
Bird, Alexander. "Thomas Kuhn." he Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2022 Edition) (2022).
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Swerdlow, N. M. "Thomas S. Kuhn 1922–1996." A Biographical Memoir n.d.
Wrenn, Chase B. "Naturalistic Epistemology." n.d. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.