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Born
Thomas Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Minette Scroock and Smuel L. Kuhn, attending Hessian Hills School in New York -
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Harvard Graduate
Kuhn received his Bachelor's (1943) and Master's (1946) degree in Physics, however; received his Ph.D. in History of Science (1949). Kuhn graduated Harvard with summa cum laude, in Latin is translated for with the highest distinction -
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Teaching
After being an alumni of Harvard, Kuhn proceeded to teach at the very same university teaching Philosophy of Science (1951 - 1956), University of California at Berkeley (1956 - 1964), Princeton University (1964 - 1979), and finally Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979 - 1991) -
The Copernican Revolution
Thomas Kuhn published his first book, The Copernican Revolution in 1957.Displaying the entire scope of the Copernican Revolution and how the Western Man's concept to his relation of the universe and God. It starts with scientific cosmology that was developed by Greeks continuing the review of theory, observation, and beliefs. Kuhn also shows light that the heliocentric arrangement works, with Newtonian science playing a big part. -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Kuhn published 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' and it became of the 20th century one of the most influential books, using the term "paradigm shift". There are four main phases of the paradigm shift: (See Assignment Box) -
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Evolutionary Philosophy of Science
Kuhn transitioned historical philosophy of science and his paradigm concept to an evolutionary philosophy of science and lexicon notion. Indicating that while evolutionary philosophy of science is non-teleological, science cannot progress towards being an ultimate trust of the world from a standpoint of a lexicon and solved by using anomalies. Kuhn purposed the evolutionary philosophy of science book: Words and Worlds: An Evolutionary View of Scientific Development -
Dead
Thomas Kuhn was diagnosed with Lung Cancer which eventually took his life, he died in Cambridge, MA -
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COVID-19 - An Example of Paradigm Shift
An example of Kuhn's Paradigm Shift is relating to today of COVID-19, this is not the world's first or last pandemic but changing our way of thinking instead of the norms will help us fight against diseases such as COVID-19. Here are examples COVID-19 are making a paradigm shift: (See Assignment Box)