1. “Violation or distortion of a
previously unproblematic
language is the touchstone
for revolutionary change”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13

2. “Paradigms are (arbitrary)
conceptions that underlie our
views and affect other
aspects that depend on them”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13

3. “A paradigm shift happens
when there is no way to
'correct' something without
restructuring the underlying
principles”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13

4. “Revolutionary changes are
holistic... an integrated
picture of several aspects has
to be changed at the same
time”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13

5. “In normal, cumulative
change one simply revises or
adds a single generalization,
all others remain the same”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13

6. “In revolutionary change one
must wither live with
incoherence or else revise a
number of interrelated
generalizations together”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13

7. “Revolutions involve a
central change of model,
metaphor or analogy”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13

8. “Revolutions alter the
knowledge of nature that is
intrinsic to the language itself
and that is thus prior to
anything quite describable”
“What are Scientific Revolutions?” Thomas S. Kuhn http://books.google.com/books?id=XmReio9w_mEC&pg=PA13