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College Education at Harvard
Thomas Kuhn initially began college in the fall of 1940. He earned a bachelor's degree in Physics in 1943, graduating with the highest honor. During the summer of 1943, he worked with the Radio Research Laboratory's theoretical group. After World War 2, Kuhn returned to Harvard. He later earned his Physics PhD in 1949. -
The Copernican Revolution
Thomas Kuhn criticized Copernican's model. He claimed that it wasn't more simplified or precise than the system originally created by Claudius Ptolemy. The Copernican Revolution was viewed as a paradigm shift from the Ptolemaic model, to the heliocentric model. In the Ptolemaic model, the Earth was the center of the universe, whereas in the Heliocentric model the Sun was core of our solar system. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn wrote this book about science during the twentieth century. It brought up debates among scientists and became a famous book. Within the book he explained his beliefs and discoveries of paradigm shifts, normal science, as well as incommensurability. Kuhn explained that normal science was the time between paradigm shifts. During this time, scientists could venture out and discover new ways to problem solve and study information. https://youtu.be/vzo8vnxSARg -
What is a Paradigm Shift?
Thomas Kuhn first introduced his idea on the paradigm shift in his book, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." He had formed his idea on paradigm shifts long before his book was published. The idea behind a paradigm shift is that is that it is a pattern found in something. In science, whenever a theory is replaced or enhanced that is when a paradigm shift has occurred. -
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Professor of Philosophy
Thomas Kuhn finally became a Philosophy professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
