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Born, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Obtained Bachelor's Degree at Harvard University. Graduated summa cum laude.
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Obtained Master's Degree in physics at Harvard University
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Obtained Ph.D. at Harvard University in the history of science.
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Elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard.
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Taught the history of or philosophy of science at Harvard University
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Taught philosophy of science at UC Berkeley.
While at UC Berkeley, was introduced to Paul Feyerabend, who conferred with him on a draft of The Structure.
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Published The Copernican Revolution
In this book, he studied the heliocentric theory. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn -
Published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
In his opus, Kuhn discusses the role of science and how paradigms are created, problems are attempted to be solved, crisis occurs, and the paradigm shifts. This book had far reaching effects, bringing "paradigm shift" into the lexicon of people everywhere.
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Taught philosophy of science at Princeton University
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International Colloquium held at Bedford College, in the UK.
Feyerabend and Kuhn were supposed to deliver opposing viewpoints, i.e. Kuhn's viewpoint vs. Feyerabend who favored the viewpoint of Popper. Feyerabend was unable to attend, and Kuhn's viewpoint took center stage.
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Published essay: The Essential Tension
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Published essay: Black-Body Theory and Quantum Discontinuity
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Taught philosophy of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Named Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at MIT.
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Died, Cambridge, Massachusetts