# The Structure of Scientific Revolutions – Outline
- Famous thesis (as cited)
- Science advances via paradigm shifts: radical breaks where pre- and post-paradigm scientists “speak different languages.” [page:1, {ts:3572}][page:1, {ts:3588}]
- This dramatic model becomes extremely influential in politics and business. [page:1, {ts:3602}]
- Epstein’s framing
- Acknowledges its rhetorical power but sees it as an overemphasis on lone, discontinuous genius. [page:1, {ts:2587}][page:1, {ts:3632}]
- Bridge to later Kuhn
- Sets up contrast with Kuhn’s posthumous, more evolutionary view of scientific development. [page:1, {ts:3602}][page:1, {ts:3618}]