Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996), was a historian turned philosopher of
science whose seminal work The Structure of Scientific
Revolutions inspired a conceptual revolution away from logical
positivism towards what has been called the “historicist turn” in
the philosophy of science. Unusually for a book dealing with the
philosophy of science, it has had a wide-ranging impact upon many
other disciplines, including the social sciences, and has been
named one of the most influential books of the twentieth
century.
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was born on 18 July 1922. He attended
Harvard University in 1940, and chose to major in physics instead
of mathematics due to what he felt were greater career
opportunities in the former. He graduated …
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Timmins, Adam . "Thomas Kuhn". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 June 2012 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2565, accessed 26 November 2024.]