Thomas Samuel Coon is an influential American philosophical and historical figure of the twentieth century. His most famous work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, is the most cited book in the history of US science.
Biography
The future philosopher was born July 18, 1922 in a Jewish family in the city of Cincinnati (USA, Ohio). When he was 6 months old, the family moved to New York. Kuhn's father, Samuel, a graduate of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute, is a professional hydraulic engineer. Minette Struck, the mother of a famous scientist, was involved in editing.
Career
In 1943, Thomas Kuhn, like his father, became a Harvard graduate in the specialization of physicist. In 1949, he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation here. After completing his studies, young Thomas worked with radar at the Harvard Research Laboratory. During the Second World War he was an ordinary employee at the Bureau of Research and Development.
Since 1948, Thomas Kun has occupied a teaching niche. He began to teach Harvard students the history of science after a personal request from the president of the university. Here Kun worked until 1956. Kun later moved to the University of California, Massachusetts, and was promoted to professor. He taught philosophy of science at Princeton. Until 1991, Thomas Kun was active in teaching, at the same time publishing books, working on his own philosophical theory. He retired in 1991.
The famous works of the philosopher
In 1957, the Copernican Revolution was published with a resounding refutation that the Earth is located in the center of the solar system.
1962 - "The structure of scientific revolutions." Kuhn introduces a new concept - "paradigm shift." According to the source of The Time Literary Supplement, this is one of the most significant books after World War II.
1977 - The book "Essential tension". This is a collection of Kuhn's thematic philosophical essays.
1988th - a monograph on the historical subject "Theory of the black body
Among the achievements of the scientist are the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, the George Sarton Medal, and honorary titles at several academic institutions. The scientist also served on the board of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and other significant US scientific communities.
