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.

Aliases (5)

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ×3
George Sarton Medal ×1
Kuhn ×1
Thomas S. Kuhn ×1
Thomas Samuel Kuhn ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic award → book → historian of science → human → philosopher of science → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
author	Thomas Kuhn →
awardReceived	George Sarton Medal →
causeOfDeath	lung cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1922-07-18 →
dateOfDeath	1996-06-17 →
educatedAt	Harvard University →
employer	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Princeton University → University of California, Berkeley →
familyName	Kuhn →
fieldOfWork	history of science → philosophy of science → physics →
fullName	Thomas Samuel Kuhn →
gender	male →
givenName	Thomas →
hasOccupation	author → university teacher →
influenced	Bruno Latour → 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 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
notableIdea	incommensurability of scientific theories → normal science → scientific revolutions as non-cumulative →
notableWork	The Structure of Scientific Revolutions →
placeOfBirth	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	professor of history of science → professor of philosophy →
publicationYear	1962 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Karl Popper → Karl Popper → Michael Polanyi → The Logic of Scientific Discovery →	influenced
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ("Thomas S. Kuhn") → The Structure of Scientific Revolutions →	author
falsificationism → logical positivism →	criticizedBy
Thomas Kuhn ("Kuhn") →	familyName
Thomas Kuhn ("Thomas Samuel Kuhn") →	fullName
Princeton University Press →	notableAuthorPublished