Thomas Kuhn

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academic award book historian of science human philosopher of science physicist

Thomas Kuhn was an American physicist-turned-philosopher of science best known for his influential book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," which introduced the concepts of paradigms and paradigm shifts in scientific progress.

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Thomas Kuhn canonical 18
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awardReceived George Sarton Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-07-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1996-06-17 ⓘ
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
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Imre Lakatos ⓘ
Paul Feyerabend ⓘ
Steve Fuller ⓘ
sociology of scientific knowledge ⓘ
influencedBy Alexandre Koyré ⓘ
Ludwik Fleck ⓘ
Niels Bohr ⓘ
knownFor concept of paradigm shift ⓘ
concept of scientific paradigms ⓘ
theory of scientific revolutions ⓘ
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notableIdea incommensurability of scientific theories ⓘ
normal science ⓘ
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logical positivism → criticizedBy → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
Princeton University Press → notableAuthorPublished → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
Karl Popper → influenced → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions → author → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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Michael Polanyi → influenced → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery → influenced → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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Alexandre Koyré → influenced → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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Ludwik Fleck → influenced → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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Steve Fuller → influencedBy → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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Polányi Mihály → influenced → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
George Sarton Medal → notableRecipient → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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Against Method → influencedBy → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
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Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes → influencedBy → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
Paul Churchland → influencedBy → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
John Dupré → influencedBy → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
Philip Kitcher → doctoralAdvisor → Thomas Kuhn ⓘ