ABSTRACT

The Paradigm e dictionary definition of paradigm is a key model, pattern, or method used to achieve certain goals or objectives. Historian of science omas Kuhn, in his influential book ‹e Structure of Scientific Revolutions, gave “paradigm” its contemporary meaning: the set of practices that define a scientific discipline during a particular period of time-in other words, a habit of reasoning at a given moment in history, the standard model for how people are expected to conceive and solve problems.