Kuhn's own analysis in 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' reveals that puzzle-solving characterizes normal science within a paradigm, not the legitimacy of the paradigm itself.

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Kuhn(The subject of the statement): Thomas Kuhn was a historian of science who argued that scientific progress doesn't happen gradually, but rather through dramatic shifts where entire frameworks for understanding the world suddenly change.
Paradigm(Kuhn's philosophy of science; reflects the role of conceptual frameworks in mediating the relationship between theory and evidence.): A governing framework or model for a scientific community that is not automatically rejected by refractory evidence but is abandoned only when an alternative paradigm comes to seem preferable.
Puzzle-solving(as the characteristic activity of normal science): In Kuhn's theory, the process of solving specific scientific problems within the rules and assumptions of the current paradigm. It's like working on puzzles where the big picture (the paradigm) is already determined.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions(as the source of Kuhn's ideas): A famous 1962 book by Thomas Kuhn that changed how philosophers understand how science works. It introduced the idea that science progresses through major upheavals rather than steady, gradual improvement.
normal science(Kuhnian philosophy of science): A phase of scientific activity governed by a prevailing paradigm, during which puzzles are worked on using the resources of that paradigm.

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