In Science Novelty Emerges Only With Difficulty,

The Crises Of Our Time, It Becomes Increasingly Clear, Are The Necessary Impetus For The Revolution Now Under Way. And Once We Understand Nature's Transformative Powers, We See That It Is Our Powerful Ally, Not A Force To Feared Our Subdued.

It Is, I Think, Particularly In Periods Of Acknowledged Crisis That Scientists Have Turned To Philosophical Analysis As A Device For Unlocking The Riddles Of Their Field. Scientists Have Not Generally Needed Or Wanted To Be Philosophers.

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

What A Man Sees Depends Both Upon What He Looks At And Also Upon What His Previous Visual-conceptual Experience Has Taught Him To See.

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.