Kuhnian
Adjective
Meaning
Kuhnian (not comparable)
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn, especially the theories in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
The scientific advances spurred a Kuhnian revolution.
Examples
Examples of paradigm shifts Natural sciences Some of the "classical cases" of Kuhnian paradigm shifts in science are: * 1543 - The transition in cosmology from a Ptolemaic cosmology to a Copernican one.
Kuhnian paradigm shifts Kuhn used the duck-rabbit optical illusion to demonstrate the way in which a paradigm shift could cause one to see the same information in an entirely different way.
From MIT OpenCourseWare, course materials (graduate level) for a course on the history of technology through a Kuhnian lens.