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Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)
Thomas Kuhn is known as one of history's most influential philosophers of science. An accomplished physicist, Kuhn's interests soon shifted towards it's philosophical implication's. This led to the publishing of The Copernican Revolution in 1957. In it, Kuhn bridges the philosophical, and theological crisis present during the advent of heliocentrism. Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. -
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)
Seen as Thomas Kuhn's most influential impact to the philosophy of science, the Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) remains a venerable landmark within the field. Inventor of the phrase "Paradigm Shift", Kuhn's concept of "normal" and "revolutionary" science challenged the status quo of the time, and sent ripples through the modern philosophy of science. https://youtu.be/L70T4pQv7P8 Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago :University of Chicago Press, 1970. -
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)
Thomas Kuhn's paradigms, while establishing him as a prolific scientific philosopher, was not without it's detractors. This culminated in a successful defense against Karl Poppers critical rationalism during a debate later published within Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge (1970). Lakatos, Imre, and Alan Musgrave, editors. Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge: Proceedings of the International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, London, 1965. Vol. 4, Cambridge University Press, 1970. -
Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996)
Having made his name in philosophy, Kuhn would travel back to his roots in physics. In the book, Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity (1978), Kuhn explored the historical origins of quantum theory, and the philosophical impact of Max Plank. His work would become one of many landmarks on a distinguished career as both historian, and philosopher of science. Kuhn, Thomas S. Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912. Chicago :University of Chicago Press, 1987.
