My understanding of Kuhn
In response to Jonathon and Ross, I actually seem to agree with Kuhn, for the most part. In regards to his paradigmatic shifts and how the world becomes entirely different and how you are no longer able to view the world in the same light as you once had, I found it helpful to relate it to human relationships. For example, if you met a new person and this person was kind and caring and always helpful when you needed a hand. Later, however, say you found out that this guy was only friends with you because he wanted to date your sister. Then, at least for me, all his actions must be viewed with this new information, which will then distort your perception of the actions on his part. His previous helpful behaviors now seem to hold an ulterior motive and you can no longer view him as just simply a kind and nice guy. Not to say that he isn't, but rather, he's not just being kind and nice to you for the sake of being kind and nice to you. I'm not sure if this does justice to what Kuhn seemed to be implying to me, and I am more than open to any criticism you guys may have and how I have gone about interpreting Kuhn's paradigmatic shifts.

In a circumstance like that I agree, although I would say that the paradigm before mentioned was with false facts, false assumptions, and therefore false. If a paradigm is completely false, then I believe we have no obligation to give it relevance. I guess i just have a problem with Kuhn in that isn't information from a past paradigm needed in order for a transition to a new paradigm? Therefore, isn't at least a new paradigm built with the concepts of the previous into its foundation?