TTLV: Thomas Samuel Kuhn's conception of scientific revolution in the work "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Do Khac Linh 

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: October 5, 1990

4. Place of birth: Kenh Giang - Thuy Nguyen - Hai Phong

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 3215/2014/QD/XHNV/SDH dated December 31, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Thomas Samuel Kuhn's conception of scientific revolution in his work "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions"

8. Major: Philosophy Code: 60.22.03.01

9. Scientific instructor:Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Huyen

10. Summary of thesis results:

Thomas Samuel Kuhn - American historian and philosopher, "one of the leaders of the historical-evolutionary movement in the philosophy of science". His philosophy focuses on the problem of the correlation between philosophy and the history of science. In Kuhn's philosophical thought, the concept of "paradigm" and the replacement between paradigms - which Kuhn calls the scientific revolution, are considered the center of his work.The structure of scientific revolutions.In his work, Kuhn presented a clear and simple picture of the development of science: A “paradigm” appears and is replaced by a new “paradigm” because in the process of research according to the old “paradigm”, anomalies appear that develop more and more deeply, leading to an irreparable crisis. During the period of normal development, the “paradigm” guides and promotes the entire development of science - standard science. The scientific revolution is the replacement of the old “paradigm” with a new “paradigm”.

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13. Published works related to the thesis:

Thomas Samuel Kuhn's "paradigm" theory in his work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and its influence on modern science.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Do Khac Linh 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: October 5, 1990 4. Place of birth: Kenh Giang, Thuy Nguyen, Hai Phong

5. Admission decision number: 3215/2014/QD-XHNV-SĐH on December 31, 2014 by the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi – Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: The concept of Thomas Samuel Kuhn about the scientific revolution in the work “The structure of scientific revolutions”

8. Major: Philosophy Code: 60.22.03.01

9. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thanh Huyen

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Thomas Samuel Kuhn - American historian and philosopher, “one of the leaders in the historicism in philosophy of science”. His philosophy focuses on issues relationship between philosophy and history of science. In Kuhn's philosophical ideas, the concept of “Paradigm” and the substitution between the patterns - that Kuhn called scientific revolution, are considered the center of his work“The structure of scientific revolutions”.In the work, Kuhn has given a clear picture, and simplicity of the development of science: A "paradigm" appears and then is replaced by another “new paradigm" because in the process of studying, the “old paradigm” has increasingly appeared anomalies and developed more deeply which led to the irreparable crisis, during normal development," paradigm "oriented and promoted the entire growth of science – called the standard science. Scientific revolution is the alternative of “old paradigm” and “new paradigm”.

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12. Further research directions:

13. Thesis-related publications:

The theory of "paradigm" of Thomas Samuel Kuhn in the work “The structure of scientific revolution” and its influence on modern science.