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Thomas Kuhn
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was an American historian and philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles. The book popularized the term paradigm shift, which has since become an English-language idiom.
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science · American philosopher (1922–1996) · physicist · historian of science · philosopher of science · university teacher · philosopher · also Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Samuel Kuhn, Thomas S. Kuhn, Kuhn
Born 18 July 1922 · Died 17 June 1996 · Q184980
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2018· 1 entry
“Philosophy Has Made Plenty of Progress”
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2017· 1 entry
“Can we compare different cultural forms of life?”
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2012· 1 entry
“What is uncontroversial about Kuhn?”
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2010· 2 entries
“The ten books that influenced me”
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“Thomas Kuhn: the man who changed the way the world looked at science”
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1996· 1 entry
Died 1996-06-17.
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1995· 2 entries
“Night Thoughts of a Quantum Physicist”
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“The Methods of Science ... and Those by Which We Live”
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1994· 2 entries
Kuhn was diagnosed with cancer of the bronchial tubes and throat
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In 1994, Kuhn was diagnosed with cancer of the bronchial tubes and throat.
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded John Desmond Bernal Prize (1983).
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Received the John Desmond Bernal Award from the Society for Social Studies of Science and in 1990 he became a corresponding fellow of the British Academy
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1982· 2 entries
Won George Sarton Medal (1982).
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“What Are Scientific Revolutions?”
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1979· 1 entry
Joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the Laurance S
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1954· 2 entries
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1954).
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Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1963, elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1974, elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1979, and, in 1982 was awarded the George
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1949· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard University, Doctor of Philosophy (1949).
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1946· 2 entries
And 1949, respectively, under the supervision of John Van Vleck, after a short period of World War II war work with Van Vleck at Harvard's secret Radio Research Laboratory that included travel to England, France, and Ger
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Studied at Harvard University (1946).
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1943· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard University, Bachelor of Science (1943).
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1940· 1 entry
Studied at Taft School (1940).
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1937· 2 entries
Studied at Hessian Hills School (1937).
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And spent one year at the Solebury School before attending The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, graduating in 1940
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1922· 2 entries
Born 1922-07-18.
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To Minette Stroock Kuhn and Samuel L
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