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Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
Physics was initially the start of Kuhn’s academic career. He was unfulfilled and sought out philosophy of science. “His interest was not strictly history of science but philosophy, for he felt that philosophy was the way to truth and truth was what he was after” (Marcum). After Conant’s invitation at Harvard, Kuhn started his new philosophy career. Kuhn started his new philosophy career and received a doctorate in physics. -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
Kuhn published first book, The Copernican Revolution; based on Copernicus’s theory of our solar system. The reconstruction of this revolution portrayed a drastic changed imagine of science. We are no longer the center of the universe. The Copernican Revolution gave birth to modern science and philosophy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0tzJrbtVfc -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was published. This was the start of the paradigm concept. “The functions of a paradigm are to supply puzzles for scientists to solve and to provide the tools for their solution. A crisis in science arises when confidence is lost in the ability of the paradigm to solve particularly worrying puzzles called anomalies. Crisis is followed by a scientific revolution if the existing paradigm is superseded by a rival” (Bird). -
Thomas Kuhn July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996
Kuhn’s collection of philosophy and history of science essays were published. The Essential Tension & Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity. “While revolutions, which depend on divergent thinking, are an obvious means for scientific progress, Kuhn insisted that few scientists consciously design revolutionary experiments. Rather, most scientists engage in normal research, which represents convergent thinking" (Marcum).
