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Teaching
Thomas Kuhn received his PH.D. in physics at Harvard. After he graduated, he stayed at Harvard as an assistant professor. He taught general education and history of science. In 1956, Kuhn accepted a job to be a professor at the University of California. In 1961, Kuhn became a full time professor teaching history of science. In 1964, he was named M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. In 1979, he was a professor at MIT and taught philsophy and history of science. -
History of Science
In the 1950's, he focused his work primarily on the early theory of heat and the work of Sadie Carnot. Kuhn discussed problems with the Ptolemaic system. He demonstrated that Aristotelian science was genuine science. He discussed that working on Ptolemaic Astronomy were reasonable. -
The Concept of Paradigm
An important part of Kuhn's thesis in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions focuses on one specific component of the disciplinary matrix. He cites Aristotle's analysis of motion, Ptolemy's computations of planetary positions, Lavoisier's application of the balance, and Maxwell's mathematization of the electromagnetic field as paradigms. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Kuhn's most known work was his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He wrote this book as a graduate student at Harvard in his theoretical physics class. This initially was published as a monograph. In 1962, it was published as a book by the University of Chicago Press. This book sold one million copies in 16 different languages. This book is a required read in certain colleges pertaining to education, history, psychology, and philosophy of science. -
Biblography
Bird, Alexander. "Thomas Kuhn." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018. Web. 11 July 2021. "Thomas Kuhn." Thomas Kuhn. Web. 11 July 2021.