•  What is the context in which paradigms are tested (pp. 144-145)?

•  What are Kuhn’s criticisms of probabilistic verification and Popper’s falsification as accounts of the testing of paradigms (pp. 145-147)?

•  What are the reasons Kuhn cites “why proponents of competing paradigms must fail to make contact with each other’s viewpoints” (pp. 148-150)? (I count 3.)

•  How does conversion to a new paradigm come about (pp. 150-152)?

•  What sorts of arguments does Kuhn cite as leading to conversion (pp. 152-157)? (I count 4.)

•  According to Kuhn, what is at issue in paradigm debates (pp. 157-159)?

•  How and why do reasons and arguments offered during scientific revolutions differ from mathematical proofs (pp. 198-200)?

•  What is the role of translation in persuasion of the value of a new paradigm (pp. 200-202)?

•  What is the difference between persuasion and conversion (pp. 202-204)?