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Thomas Kuhn Birthdate
Thomas Kuhn was born on this date in Cincinatti, Ohio. Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Minette Stroock Kuhn and Samuel L. Kuhn, an industrial engineer, both Jewish. -
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Kuhn's Teaching
Kuhn taught a course in the history of science at Harvard from 1948 until 1956. After leaving Harvard, Kuhn taught at the University of California, Berkeley, in both the philosophy and history departments, being named Professor of the history of science in 1961. In 1964, he joined Princeton University as the Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. In 1979 he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the Professor of Philosophy, remaining there until 1991. -
Thomas Kuhn's Book published
The year that Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was published. The book was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an English-language idiom. -
The Kuhn Popper Debate
The Kuhn-Popper debate was a debate surrounding research methods and the advancement of scientific knowledge. In 1965, at the University of London's International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper engaged in a debate that circled around three main areas of disagreement.[1] These areas included the concept of a scientific method, the specific behaviors and practices of scientists, and the differentiation between scientific knowledge and other forms of knowledge. -
The death of Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn passed away after a battle with Lung Cancer. He was 73 years old.