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Thomas Samuel Kuhn (18 July 1922 - 17 June 1996)
Thomas Kuhn earned a bachelor’s (1943) and master’s (1946) degrees in physics at Harvard University but obtained his Ph.D. (1949) there in the history of science. He taught the history or philosophy of science at Harvard (1951–56), the University of California at Berkeley (1956–64), Princeton University (1964–79), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979–91). -
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (18 July 1922 - 17 June 1996) The Copernican Revolution
The strands of the Copernican revolution, then, included not only astronomical concerns but also theological, economic, and social ones. -
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (18 July 1922 - 17 June 1996) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
What Kuhn proposed was that, rather than being cumulative, scientific progress is advanced through episodes of revolution induced by anomalies, or results unpredictable by the accepted framework. The pursuit of their cause, Kuhn held, are what cause a revolution in the rules of the game, directing new avenues of research and replacing old ways entirely. -
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (18 July 1922 - 17 June 1996) Evolutionary Philosophy of Science
From the mid-1980s to early-1990s, Kuhn transitioned from historical philosophy of science and the paradigm concept to an evolutionary philosophy of science and the lexicon notion.
This process accounts for a notion of scientific progress as an increase in the number of scientific specialties after a revolution. -
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (18 July 1922 - 17 June 1996) Speaking
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