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What does the word paradigm mean and why does it help explain the Scientific Revolution?

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A paradigm is a universally recognizable scientific achievement that, for a time, provides model problems and solutions to a community of practitioners.

Paradigms are important because they define how we perceive reality and how we behave within it.

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Answer:For Kuhn, the history of science is characterized by revolutions in scientific outlook. Scientists have a worldview or "paradigm". A paradigm is a universally recognizable scientific achievement that, for a time, provides model problems and solutions to a community of practitioners.

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