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posun paradigmatu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • paradigm shift noun A fundamental change in the basic assumptions a field works from, so that old questions, methods and evidence are reinterpreted rather than merely added to. It is the difference between refining a theory and replacing the framework the theory sat in.

Senses

posun paradigmatu is used for these senses in English:

  • paradigm shift (sciences) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm. [from 1962]

paradigm shift — full definition

  1. noun A fundamental change in the basic assumptions a field works from, so that old questions, methods and evidence are reinterpreted rather than merely added to. It is the difference between refining a theory and replacing the framework the theory sat in.
  2. noun In looser business and media use, any major change in how something is done or thought about.