Thomas Kuhn’s famous “paradigm shift” model from The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is used to describe and explain K–12 transformations underway and ahead. We are moving away from the ...

Thomas Kuhn, the well-known physicist, philosopher and historian of science, was born 94 years ago today. Psychologist Tania Lombrozo takes a look... Thomas Kuhn, the well-known physicist, philosopher ...

Philosopher Thomas Kuhn's influential theory of how scientific knowledge is built introduced the term "paradigm shift" to explain a transformation of a field's ideas and methods. "A Paradigm Shift, or ...

According to Thomas Kuhn, the scientific progress of any discipline could be distinguished by a pre-paradigm phase, a normal science phase and a revolution phase. The science advances when a ...

Kuhn’s most controversial ideas relate to how paradigms change. Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen This year marks the 50th anniversary of the original publication of Thomas Kuhn’s famous book, The ...

William Whitlow replies to a reader’s inquiry about sociologist Thomas S. Kuhn, author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Dear William Whitlow, As a regular reader of the WSWS, I read your ...

Scientific American's review of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1964 ended with the pat pronouncement that the book was "much ado about very little." The short piece, which ...

Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) did not invent the concept of scientific revolution, but he gave it a special meaning and created a phrase – “paradigm shift” – so popular that it received the ultimate ...

Getting stuck, not being able to think out of the box, being politically blocked, playing it too safe, and getting trapped by groupthink are common challenges for those who lead. These obstacles don’t ...

Almost 60 years after Thomas Kuhn transformed how we see innovation, there are still lessons to be learned. One is recognizing what Kuhn was actually suggesting in his landmark book, The Structure of ...