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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Kuhn a American historian and philosopher of science who introduce the paradigm shift, which revolutionized the study of scientific change. -
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Works Cited
“Thomas S. Kuhn.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 13 June 2023, www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-S-Kuhn. Bird, Alexander. “Thomas Kuhn.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 31 Oct. 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/. -
Academic Life
Thomas Kuhn life was surrounded by the study of physics, where he spent the "remainder of his war years in research related to radar at Harvard and then in Europe." Kuhn exposed himself to the application of quantum mechanics and solid state physics. -
Kuhn's First Opportunity
While teaching a class at Harvard, Thomas Kuhn was granted the "first opportunity study historical scientific texts in detail." Kuhn was the exposed to Aristotle and his scientific works where he learned of the "knowledge of subsequent science." His exposure to Aristotle's works sparked and interest in him, which led him to concentrate on history of science. -
History of Science
Due to Aristotle works, Thomas Kuhn concentrated on the history of science and focused on the "matter of theory and early history of thermodynamics." He then turn towards studying the history of Astronomy. -
The Copernican Revolution
Thomas Kuhn publish his first book "The Copernican Revolution." Kuhn studied the development of 'heliocentric theory of the solar system', he argued that scientific research are defined by "'paradigms' or conceptual world views." His research extended to the anomalies that surface within experiments, and states the reoccurring events of anomalies is a resolution to the revolution of the paradigm. -
Kuhn's Career
Thomas Kuhn took up the position to teach Philosophy and History of Science at Princeton University. His profile began to advance as Kuhn used "'paradigm' in a wide variety of ways." Kuhn also denied critics movement and explain his work of an "anti-realist element [and denied] the coherence of the idea that theories could be regarded as more or less close to the truth." -
Revolution
Thomas Kuhn's book on paradigm shifts extended to "disciplines as political science, economics, sociology, and even to business management." His works and studies revolutionized the 'history and philosophy of science.' His works opened the doors of science and welcomed the idea of anomalies and provided the basic foundation of how anomalies are presented in research.