All Significant Breakthroughs Are Break -“withs” Old

Literally As Well As Metaphorically, The Man Accustomed To Inverting Lenses Has Undergone A Revolutionary Transformation Of Vision.

Philosophers Of Science Have Repeatedly Demonstrated That More Than One Theoretical Construction Can Always Be Placed Upon A Given Collection Of Data.

Groups Do Not Have Experiences Except Insofar As All Their Members Do. And There Are No Experiences... That All The Members Of A Scientific Community Must Share In The Course Of A [scientific] Revolution. Revolutions Should Be Described Not In Terms Of Group Experience But In Terms Of The Varied Experiences Of Individual Group Members. Indeed, That Variety Itself Turns Out To Play An Essential Role In The Evolution Of Scientific Knowledge.

Research Under A Paradigm Must Be A Particularly Effective Way Of Inducing Paradigm Change.

Far From Being Magisterial In Its Objectivity, Science Was Conditioned By History, Society, And The Prejudices Of Scientists.