ABSTRACT
Unlike Bloom and Derrida, Kuhn divides the creative process into two kinds of science: normal and extraordinary. Once a new paradigm has come into being, normal science resists it, then becomes converted, and finally works on puzzles stemming from its application to the world of behavior. Kuhn believes most scientists are "normal"; they do not bring about a new paradigm through revolution; they merely define the present one. They do, however, begin to point out anomalies and crises. Then extraordinary science can know that it must change the entire paradigm. By way of contrast, Bloom's theory only gives the creative role to what Kuhn would call extraordinary poetry; Bloom does not make the distinction. Derrida would agree with Bloom. Besides the difference between normal and extraordinary science, Kuhn does not define the development of science much between revolutions.
