Kuhn 8: Paradigms as exemplars

in much of the book the term "paradigm" is used in two different senses. On the one hand, it stands for the entire constellations of beliefs, values, techniques, and so on shared by the members of a given community. On the other, it denotes one sort of element in that constellation, the concrete puzzle-solutions which, employed as models or examples, can replace explicit rules as a basis for the solution of the remaining puzzles of normal science.
--Thomas S. Kuhn, "Postscript - 1969" in The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions Second Edition, Enlarged, p. 175.

OK. Start discussing, start posting comments on this, in light of what you read in "What Are Scientific Revolutions?" Except I've got a few points of my own to make, and I've got a specific question in bold, below, if you're wondering where to start.

( What's the difference between a rule and a paradigm? )

I'm posting further elaborations and questions in the comments thread, and I may also post further passages from Kuhn there, if they become relevant to the discussion (assuming there is a discussion); if not, I'll give them their own separate posts in the hopes that they'll launch their own comment threads.

"House was the 1950s all over again"

My friend Michael Freedberg has resumed posting on livejournal under the moniker house_junkie; over the years he's written the freshest, most original ideas ever on the subject of dance music. Here is a startling quote: "House was the 1950s all over again -- though with later rhythm music embedded, and all of it futurized, computered, i-podded, mp3'd. Whatever -- house made me relive, re-taste, re-embed myself in the 1950s."