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The Copernican Revolution
Thomas Kuhn published his first book, titled "The Copernican Revolution," after his career moved from physics to the history of science. He began studying the history of science while teaching an undergraduate science class at Harvard that focused on historical case studies. Eventually his work focused on the history of astronomy, and he wrote "The Copernican Revolution" as a result. This book describes one example of a major shift in a field of science. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was Kuhn's most famous and controversial work. In this book, he laid out his theories of paradigm shifts and incommensurability. It was read by many, discussed, criticized, and debated by most philosophers of the time. These theories would cause their own paradigm shift in how scientific progress was understood. -
International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science
Kuhn took part in a discussion held at Bedford College, London. Originally planned to be a debate between Kuhn and another, but became a discussion comparing and contrasting Kuhn and Popper's views. This discussion helped many understand Kuhn's view's and theories. This event helped further Kuhn's image among other philosophers. This was an important stepping stone for Kuhn in philosophy among his peers. -
Paradigms
Thomas Kuhn's second edition of "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was published. In this version Kuhn clarified his ideas on paradigms in light of the criticisms that he received. His ideas on paradigms and paradigm shifts would drastically change the field of philosophy of science and science itself. His theories and book produced much debate and criticism creating new opportunities for Kuhn to discuss his work and ideas. -
Incommensurability 1960-1996
Kuhn continued working on his theory of Incommensurability after "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was published. His theory changed over time and was developed through much of his work in philosophy. He worked on this theory throughout the 1980's and 1990's and was in the process of writing a book focusing much of its contents on this topic when he died.
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