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Birth
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S -
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School
Kuhn got his bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in physics at Harvard University -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions part two
Phase three Is the crisis period. When the current consensus is unable to resolve an anomaly
Phase four The paradigm shift or a scientific revolution
Phase five post-revolution new insight establishes dominance and normal science can continue. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Kuhn explains the process of scientific change as a result of five phases of paradigm change. The first phase is the pre-paradigm phase where there is no consensus and through scientific inquiry, the start of a widespread consensus can form leading to increased insight on the topic.
Phase two is the “normal science” where problems and inquiries are solved and anomalies are found and may show weakness in a theory. -
The Essential Tension
“When reading the works of an important thinker, look first for the apparent absurdities in the text and ask yourself how a sensible person could have written them.” -
Death
Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S from cancer -
Work cite
Bird, Alexander. Thomas Kuhn, Routledge, 2001. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=1900163.
Marcum, James A.. Thomas Kuhn's Revolution : An Historical Philosophy of Science, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=3002915. -
Work cite 2
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Essential Tension : Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Print.
