Kuhn, Thomas

"When paradigms compete, the scientist must make a choice based partly on faith."

"Revolution in science exposes the contingency of our current worldview."

"The work of the scientist is never purely inductive or deductive."

"We must learn to view scientific change as a process that cannot be reduced to logical rules."

"The structure of scientific revolutions is fundamentally about how knowledge evolves."

"Scientists are not logicians but practitioners working within historical contexts."

"What counts as progress depends on the framework through which we evaluate it."

"The very language we use to describe nature shapes how we understand it."

"Crisis periods force scientists to reconsider fundamental assumptions."

"A new paradigm is rarely adopted universally and immediately."

"Scientific objectivity is not the absence of human perspective but the intersubjective agreement of the community."

"The history of science reveals that what we call truth is often contextual."

"Revolutionary science strips the world in new directions sometimes destructive of much scientific knowledge."

"Scientists are trained to see problems and solutions in particular ways."

"The transition between paradigms cannot be made a step at a time."

"Nature cannot simply be read off from experimental results."

"Scientific theories are human constructions shaped by community standards."

"The puzzle-solving activity of normal science can obscure deeper truths."

"We inherit not just ideas but entire ways of doing science."

"The most productive scientists often challenge the established paradigm."

"Understanding how paradigms shift helps us understand the growth of knowledge itself."

"The scientist's commitment to the current paradigm is both strength and limitation."

"Scientific communities develop their own epistemologies and standards of evidence."

"What appears to be revolutionary may later seem inevitable."

"The persistence of anomalies is what drives scientific innovation."

"Scientists work not just with facts but with interpretations filtered through theory."

"The social structure of science determines what can be known within it."

"Normal science is puzzle-solving activity confined by a paradigm."

"Revolutionary periods involve the confrontation of new possibilities."

"The past of science, like all history, is a record of human endeavor."