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The Beginning of a Shift
Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He obtained his BSc degree in physics from Harvard College in 1943, where he also obtained MSc and PhD degrees in physics in 1946 and 1949, respectively, under the supervision of John Van Vleck. He states in the first few pages of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, his three years of total academic freedom as a Harvard Junior Fellow were crucial in allowing him to switch from physics to the history and philosophy of science. -
40 years of life Creates
In 1962 Thomas Khun's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shifts. He states Scientific fields undergo periodic "paradigm shifts" rather than solely progressing in a linear and continuous way, and that these paradigm shifts open up new approaches to understanding what scientists would never have considered valid before. -
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The Importance of this Philosopher
Thomas Khun's Paradigm Shift model opened up a new way of looking at science. He allowed Scientist a new approaches to understanding what scientists would never have considered valid before; and that the notion of scientific truth, at any given moment, cannot be established solely by objective criteria but is defined by a consensus of a scientific community. This thought is still prevalent and useful In modern/present science we see today. it allows objectivity In my opinion. -
What is a Paradigm Shift? Is it a Revolution
The Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the change of or rebuilding in logic and thought. It opens new paths and allows for a scientific break through which in turn results In a shift. Thomas Khun thought this shift being taken in four phases. Normal science, Model Crisis, Model Revolution and lastly the paradigm change. His theory can be seen through out history if only you looked closer. -
A Revolution not Lost
Khun was named Professor of the History of science in 1961.At Berkeley, he wrote and published his best known and most influential work:The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. In 1964, he joined Princeton University as the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Philosophy and History of Science. In 1979 he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy, remaining there until 1991. In 1994 Kuhn was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in 1996 -
A short Video on others Thoughts of Paradigm
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Cites
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kuhn)
(https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn/)
(Solomon, Stephanie. "Kuhn's Alternative Path: Science And The Social Resistance To Criticism." Perspectives On Science 18.3 (2010): 352-368. Academic Search Premier. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.)
