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Birth
Thomas Kuhn was born on July 18th in Cincinnati, Ohio. -
Masters Degree
Kuhn received his master's degree in physics. -
Doctorate
Kuhn got his doctorates in physics -
Kuhn and Historical Studies
Kuhn was teaching a class at Harvard that was part of the general education requirements. The course was centered around historical case studies and this is where Kuhn had his first opportunity to study historical scientific text. -
Assistant Professor
After Kuhn discovered his passion for scientific history he ended up getting granted as assistant professorship position in general education and the history of science. -
The Copernican Revolution
After receiving the assistant professorship position, Kuhn's work was focused around the 18th century matter theory and early history of thermodynamics. He also studied astronomy as well and published his first book, The Copernican Revolution. -
Berkley
Kuhn relocated to California in 1956 and Kuhn became a full time professor at University of California Berkeley. This is where Kuhn developed an interest in philosophy of science. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
A colleague introduced Kuhn to the work of Wittgenstein and Paul Feyerabend where Kuhn then discussed a draft of "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" that got published into the series "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". -
Paradigm Shift
The draft of "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" is where Kuhn discussed how science is driven and where the ideas about the paradigm shift began. https://youtu.be/F6TfDHYFPiE -
Main Components of the Paradigm Shift
The first phase is what Kuhn called 'normal science'. This is where typical research, hypothesis, and findings are being conducted. The second phase is where all the discoveries from phase one are starting to add up, and there's a lack of definite information coming out leaving unanswered questions. The third phase is when new questions and knowledge is being brought to the table in order to answer some of the questions from the 'model crisis', this is coined as the model revolution. -
Princeton University
Kuhn left Berkeley and becomes the professor of Philosophy and History of Science at Princeton University. -
International Colloquium
At Bedford, College in London there was supposed to be a debate between Kuhn and Feyerabend, but Feyerabend fell sick and was unable to attend. Therefore, the colloquium focused on Kuhn's work and showcasing the significance of it. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions pt 2
The second edition of Kuhn's work "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was published that helped to clarify Kuhn's notion of the paradigm after receiving criticism about it. -
The Essential Tension
A collection of essays Kuhn had written about the philosophy and history of science was published, this included one of Kuhn's earliest essays. -
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Kuhns Work and Death
Kuhn worked on a variety of things during this time frame. He developed the concept of incommensurability. He was working on his second philosophical monograph on scientific change and concept of acquisition in developmental psychology when he passed away in 1996. -
Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity and Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy
Kuhn had his second monograph published called the "Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity" which talked about the early history of quantum mechanics.
Kuhn was named Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT
