Paradigm shift
A paradigm shift was first called that way by Thomas Kuhn. He is a physicist and philosopher. A paradigm shift is a big change in big concepts and practices in a model, system, or scientific discipline. It can also be known as a scientific revolution.
Examples
- 1543 - Scientists changed from thinking the Earth was at the center of the universe to thinking that the Sun was at the center of the universe.[1]
- 1880 - The germ theory of disease overtook the miasma theory, a theory that diseases were caused by bad air.[2]
- 1964 - Scientists discover the cosmic microwave background radiation, supporting the theory of the Big Bang.[3]
Paradigm Shift Media
Kuhn used the duck-rabbit optical illusion, made famous by Wittgenstein, to demonstrate the way in which a paradigm shift could cause one to see the same information in an entirely different way.
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References
- ↑ Kühn, Heinz. Elektrotherapie des Herzens (1970). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. p. 13–19. ISBN 978-3-663-00474-5. doi:10.1007/978-3-663-02387-6_2.
- ↑ von, Herausgegeben. ART. XVIII.–Mittheilungen aus dem kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 1 (7) (July 1884). p. 187–201. doi:10.1097/00000441-188407000-00018.
- ↑ Penzias, A. A.. A Measurement of Excess Antenna Temperature at 4080 Mc/s.. The Astrophysical Journal 142 (1965-07-01). p. 419–421. doi:10.1086/148307.
