paradigmára
Paradigmára is a term that refers to a fundamental shift in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline. The concept was popularized by the philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn in his 1962 book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." Kuhn argued that scientific progress does not occur in a linear, cumulative fashion, but rather through a series of "paradigm shifts."
A paradigm, in Kuhn's view, is a set of shared beliefs, values, and techniques that guide the
However, anomalies – observations that cannot be explained by the current paradigm – can accumulate over time. When
Examples of paradigm shifts in science include the Copernican revolution, which replaced the geocentric model of