Kuhn was the most important, and the most famous, historian and philosopher of science within living memory. July 18, 1922 june 17, 1996 was an american philosopher of science whose 1962 book the structure of scientific revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an englishlanguage idiom kuhn made several claims concerning the progress of scientific knowledge. The kuhn cycle thomas kuhns brilliant model of how. Thomas samuel kuhn was born on july 18, 1922, in cincinnati, ohio. After he graduated, he taught history of science at harvard university, from 1948 to 1956, at the suggestion of the university president, james conant. Kuhn, american historian of science noted for the structure of scientific revolutions 1962, one of the most influential works of history and philosophy written in the 20th century. Kuhn, enginyer industrial, i minette stroock kuhn, tots dos dorigen jueu. In this article, i argue that kuhn was a historicist in two respects. He attended harvard college, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in physics in 1943. July 18, 1922 june 17, 1996 was an american philosopher of science whose 1962 book the structure of scientific revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an englishlanguage idiom. Pdf the philosophy of history of science of thomas kuhn. Thomas kuhn biography childhood, life achievements. Fue profesor en harvard, berkeley, princeton y en massachusetts. The kuhn cycle is a simple cycle of progress described by thomas kuhn in 1962 in his seminal work the structure of scientific revolutions.
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