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completion of schooling
He gained his master’s degree in physics in 1946, and his doctorate in 1949, also in physics (concerning an application of quantum mechanics to solid state physics). (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, First published Fri Aug 13, 2004; substantive revision Wed Oct 31, 2018) -
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The contributions of Thomas Kuhn
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The contribution of Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn gave many new and unique ideas to the scientific community. But arguably his greatest contribution to science is that notion of change and growth. Without great scientific minds push into new realms of knowledge humanity is surely lost. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, First published Fri Aug 13, 2004; substantive revision Wed Oct 31, 2018) -
Fresh perspectives
In the 1950s, when Kuhn began his historical studies of science, the history of science was a young academic discipline. Kuhn was the first and most important author to articulate a developed alternative account. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, First published Fri Aug 13, 2004; substantive revision Wed Oct 31, 2018) -
An author is born
His first book concerned the Copernican revolution in planetary astronomy (1957). This book grew out of the teaching he had done on James Conant’s General Education in Science curriculum at Harvard but also presaged some of the ideas of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, First published Fri Aug 13, 2004; substantive revision Wed Oct 31, 2018) -
Tenure at Berkley
In 1961 Kuhn became a full professor at the University of California at Berkeley, having moved there in 1956 to take up a post in history of science, but in the philosophy department. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, First published Fri Aug 13, 2004; substantive revision Wed Oct 31, 2018) -
The birth of Quantum Theory
- In the 1962 Kuhn’s historical work turned toward the early history of quantum theory, culminating in his book Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity.
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New light on Kuhn
n 1964 Kuhn left Berkeley to take up the position of Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at Princeton University. An International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science was held at Bedford College, and the papers delivered focused on Kuhn’s work. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, First published Fri Aug 13, 2004; substantive revision Wed Oct 31, 2018)
