Paradigm changes are preceded by awareness and recognition
Certain characteristics tend to result in the discovery of new paradigms. These include: awareness of anomaly, recognition of the causes of its causes, and the emergence of new paradigm categories and procedures.
the previous awareness of anomaly, the gradual and simultaneous emergence of both observational and conceptual recognition, and the consequent change of paradigm categories and procedures often accompanied by resistance. There is even evidence that these same characteristics are built into the nature of the perceptual process itself.[1]
See also:
- Paradigms change when they can no longer address anomalies
- New paradigms tend to emerge all at once
- New paradigms tend to be invented by newcomers