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Thomas Kuhn Born
On this day, In Cincinnati Ohio, Thomas Kuhn was born -
"Structure" Published
Kuhn publishes the ground-breaking "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," uprooting the existing idea of science. -
Paradigm Shift
In "Structure," Kuhn provides the idea that science is not an ever-accumulating body of work. Instead, he suggests that works are built within existing scientific paradigms. When the paradigm cannot account for an accumulation of anomalies, the paradigm is in "crisis." Eventually, a new breakthrough will be produced, creating a new paradigm that accounts for the anomalies. -
Incommensurable
In "Structure" Kuhn argues that two rival paradigms are incommensurate with each other due to framework at the conceptual level and disagreement on terminology. -
Scientific Revolution
Kuhn argues that when once crisis had occurred and a new paradigm has risen, the community goes through a "scientific revolution," in accepting the new paradigm. -
Thomas Kuhn Interview on "Structure"
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Death
Thomas Kuhn dies of lung cancer -
Works by Thomas Kuhn: Annotated Bibiography
-Kuhn, T. S. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
-Kuhn, T. S. The Function of Measurement in Modern Physical Science.
-Kuhn, T. S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.
-Kuhn, T. S. "The Function of Dogma in Scientific Research