Section III
• If normal science does not aim at major novelties, what is its goal (pp. 23-25)?
• Locate the three sorts of fact-gathering activities of normal science, the third of which itself comes in three varieties (pp. 25-30).
• What are the corresponding three sorts of theoretical activity (pp. 30-34)?
Postscript, introduction and §1
• What is Kuhn’s concept of a “scientific community” (pp. 176-178)?
• What are Kuhn’s second thoughts about what is really acquired in the transition to mature science (pp. 178-179)?
• What is the distinction he now wishes to draw between scientific communities and scientific subject matters (pp. 179-180)?