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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn was essential in the philosophy of science field. He is probably one of the most influential philosophers of our time. -
Schooling
Kuhn finished school with a BA and MA in physics from Harvard University. He has a really impressive record of teaching at the top universities such as, "University of California at Berkeley (1956–64), Princeton University (1964–79), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979–91)." https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn -
The Copernican Revolution (1957)
This is the paradigm shift that looked to the sky as proof that the earth was the center of the universe. When the sun would "revolve around the earth." This is his first book that put a full view before the revolution. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
In Kuhn's second book, he publishes his theory about the scientific revolution. '…To be accepted as a paradigm, a theory must seem better than its competitors, but it need not, and in fact never does, explain all the facts with which it can be confronted..." (Kuhn) Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 3rd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. -
The essential Kuhn
