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Thomas Kuhn's Life (July 18, 1922 - June 18, 1996)

By jorkim72

  • The Copernicus Revolution

    The Copernicus Revolution
    Thomas Kuhn’s first Published book The Copernicus Revolution showcases some of the first works of literature regarding history and philosophy of science. This book goes on to present the investigations of Copernicus and how the theory of a heliocentric worldview went on to revolutionized the scientific community. The research that was done here very well might have influenced Kuhn’s idea of paradigm shifts that he presented in his later book The structure of Scientific Revolutions.

  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    Khan and his concept of paradigm shifts and their importance to the “revolutions” of science was a major development in the philosophy of science. The Concept of paradigm shifts is an entire process in the way science is conducted. It is a package of claims about the world, methods for gathering and analyzing data, and habits of scientific thought and action (Godfrey-Smith, 2003, p76). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8

  • International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science

    International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science
    The Colloquium was used as an event to debate the ideas of Kuhn and Feyerabend. Feyerabend was there to represent the views of rationalism and the philosophy of Popper. This debate came after Kuhn’s publication of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions where he presented the idea of paradigm shifts.

  • Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge

    Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge
    This Book came after of publication of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. This book was Published to reflect on his previous works in the fields of history and philosophy of science. One emphasis of this book is to respond to criticism of his theory of paradigm shifts.

  • References

    References
    Peter Godfrey-Smith. (2003). Theory and Reality : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. University of Chicago Press. Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/#LifeCare. Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8.