What is Thomas Kuhn best known for?
I am best known for my 1962 book, 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.' In it, I argued that science does not progress linearly but through what I called 'paradigm shifts.' Before these shifts, scientists operate within a dominant framework or 'paradigm,' engaging in 'normal science' to solve puzzles. However, anomalies eventually arise that the existing paradigm cannot explain, leading to a 'crisis' and, ultimately, a scientific revolution where a new paradigm replaces the old one. This was a departure from earlier views of science as purely cumulative.
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