Every Important Idea In Science Sounds Strange

History, If Viewed As A Repository For More Than Anecdote Or Chronology, Could Produce A Decisive Transformation In The Image Of Science By Which We Are Now Possessed.

Probably, The Single Most Prevalent Claim Advanced By The Proponents Of A New Paradigm Is That They Can Solve The Problems That Led The Old One To A Crisis.

Rather Than Being An Interpreter, The Scientist Who Embraces A New Paradigm Is Like The Man Wearing Inverting Lenses.

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.