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Biography
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on July 18, 1922, and died on June 17, 1996. He dedicated his life to science and as a philosopher. He is best known for his groundbreaking work on scientific revolutions and paradigm shifts, which has had a huge impact on the field of philosophy and our understanding of how scientific knowledge evolves. He went on to be a professor in multiple universities spreading his knowledge to the next generations of scientists and philosophers. -
Education
His education was at Harvard University where he attained a:
Bachelors in physics 1943
Masters in physics 1946
PhD. in science 1949 Education for him continued on the other side as a history or Philosophy of Science professor.
Harvard University 1951-1956
The University of California at Berkeley 1956-1964
Princeton University 1964-1979
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1979-1991 -
The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
Kuhn published "The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought", in 1957. In this book, Kuhn analyzed the transition from the geocentric (Earth as the center) model of the solar system to the heliocentric (The Sun as the center) model proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus. Kuhn began to present "paradigm shifts" and went into detail of impact this particular one had in the field of astronomy. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Kunh's second publication was "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" in 1962. This is considered to be Kuhn;s most influential work. This book presented the concept of "paradigm shifts", which challenged the previous notion of science as an accumulation of knowledge and introduced a more complex and dynamic model of scientific development. This concept has influenced and become a cornerstone of modern discussions about the philosophy and history of science. -
The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
Kuhn released his collection of essays in 1977 titled "The Essential Tension". These essays were written as a continuation or building block for his publication "The Structures of Scientific Revolution."
