Kuhn

Thomas Kuhn ( July 18, 1922-July 17, 1996)

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  • The Copernican Revolution, 1957

    The Copernican Revolution, 1957
    In 1957 Thomas Kuhn wrote the Copernican Revolution, a book that still holds relevance today in regards to philosophy of science. The book is based around the shift from geocentric to heliocentric theory, which is a concept created by Copernicus. This book highlighted how bringing to light that the earth was not the center of the universe, causing human kind to challenge and reevaluate their beliefs more intelligently. Kuhn, Thomas, The Copernican Revolution, Harvard University Press, 1957

  • Incommensurability, 1962

    Incommensurability, 1962
    Incommensurability is the concept that there is no common measure, a broad term that Thomas Kuhn used in his explanations of paradigm shifts to show that paradigms from different fields, a set of rules that the work follows, cannot communicate because they do not share one singular measure. His discovery was via Aristotle, and his usage of the word motion which was nonsense with his context. Kuhn, Thomas S, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1962.

  • Paradigm Shift, 1962

    Paradigm Shift, 1962
    Thomas Kuhn's concept of a paradigm shift is one of the most widely used concepts to date. Thomas Kuhn found that science operated under a set of rules created by one person like a game to be solved rather than the truth, known as a paradigm. A paradigm shift happens when the set of rules no longer can answer the question presented by the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8 Kuhn, Thomas S, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1962.

  • Kuhn Cycle, 1962

    Kuhn Cycle, 1962
    The Kuhn Cycle was proposed to show what causes a paradigm shift within the book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" beginning with pre science, a problem that has been chosen but unsolved. Normal science, which gives the problem a model. Model Drift, where new questions arise. Model Crisis where many unsolvable anomalies appear, and Model Revolution which leads to a new paradigm. Kuhn, Thomas S, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1962.