Thomas Samuel Kuhn
American historian and philosopher
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Thomas Samuel Kuhn was an American historian and 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... Wikipedia
Born: July 18, 1922, Cincinnati, OH
Died: June 17, 1996 (age 73 years), Cambridge, MA
Influenced by: Karl Popper, Paul Feyerabend, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and more
Influenced: Imre Lakatos, Paul Feyerabend, Richard Rorty, and more
Spouse: Jehane R. Kuhn (m. 1981–1996) and Kathryn Muhs (m. 1948–1978)
Parents: Samuel L. Kuhn and Minette Stroock Kuhn
