paradigm shift

Question 1

is a framework containing all the commonly accepted views
about a subject, conventions about what direction research should take and how it should
be performed.

Answer 1

scientific paradigm

Question 2

suggested that a paradigm includes “the practices
that define a scientific discipline at a certain point in time.”

Answer 2

philosopher Thomas Kuhn

Question 3

contain all the
distinct, established patterns, theories, common methods and standards that allow us to
recognize an experimental result as belonging to a field or not.

Answer 3

Paradigms

Question 4

A paradigm dictates

Answer 4

-what is observed and measured
-the questions we ask about those observations
-how the questions are formulated
-how the results are interpreted
-how research is carried out
-what equipment is appropriate

Question 5

“The successive transition from one paradigm to another via revolution is the usual
developmental pattern of mature science” -­ Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

Answer 5

Paradigm Shift