Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–1996)
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Thomas S. Kuhn's work is best described as a normative historiography of science. He was educated at Harvard University, where in 1949 he completed a doctorate in physics. As a student, he was impressed by the differences between scientific method, as conventionally taught, and the way science mostra altro actually works. Before moving to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979, he taught at Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Princeton University. Kuhn's most celebrated contribution to the philosophy of science is his controversial idea of paradigms and paradigm shifts. A paradigm is understood as a widely shared theoretical framework within which scientific research is conducted. According to Kuhn, science normally develops more or less smoothly within such a paradigm until an accumulation of difficulties reduces its effectiveness. The paradigm finally breaks down in a crisis, which is followed by the formation of a radically new paradigm in a so-called scientific revolution. The new paradigm is accepted, even though it might neither resolve all of the accumulated difficulties nor explain the data better than the older paradigm that it replaces. We find examples of paradigm shifts in the work of Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and others. Since its original publication in 1962, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions undoubtedly has been the single most influential book in the philosophy of science. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Thomas S. Kuhn
The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought (1957) 861 copie
The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical Interview (1968) 182 copie
Alle origini della fisica contemporanea: la teoria del corpo nero e la discontinuità quantica (1978) 64 copie
Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research? / Logik oder Psychologie der Forschung?: Englisch/Deutsch. [Great Papers… (2021) 2 copie
O percurso desde A Estrutura Ensaios filosóficos (1970-1993) e entrevista autobiográfica (2011) 2 copie
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- Nome legale
- Kuhn, Thomas Samuel
- Data di nascita
- 1922-07-18
- Data di morte
- 1996-06-17
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa della morte
- lung cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Istruzione
- Harvard University (BS|1943| MS|1946| PhD|1949 - Physics)
- Attività lavorative
- professor
physicist
historian of science
philosopher of science - Relazioni
- Kuhn, Roger (brother)
- Organizzazioni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University
History of Science Society
Philosophy of Science Association - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1954)
George Sarton Medal (1982)
John Desmond Bernal Prize (1983)
National Academy of Sciences (1979)
American Philosophical Society (1974)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1963) (mostra tutto 8)
Leopoldina Academy (1979)
Académie Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences
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- Opere
- 24
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 9,569
- Popolarità
- #2,515
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 105
- ISBN
- 136
- Lingue
- 22
- Preferito da
- 21