Paradigm

In the history of natural philosophy, one could rarely completely diverge from the stance of founding figures of the current paradigm, such as Aristotle and Ptolemy. However, it was possible to actually use the stances of founding figures to add credibility to one’s new paradigm, despite contradicting them. We even see this in Copernicus’s argument for a heliocentric universe, as in Book 1 of On the Revolutions Of the Heavenly Spheres, Copernicus relies…

observational and descriptive science such as social science, medicine and psychology. Even though Kuhn 's view is also not compatible with empricism-actually logical empricism, his paradigm-driven science view is much compelling to me. I find more compelling it for two reasons. First reason is Kuhn 's role of history in science and paradigm. According to him, without taking into account of the role of history in science, there will not be an accurate picture of science. Without the role of…

organizing knowledge and explaining experiences which guide their thinking. Nurses assess the situation, identify the problem, make a plan, implement the plan and then evaluate. A paradigm is a worldview that includes values and perspective. How we think and our experiences help us in making a paradigm. In nursing, the paradigm is based on sharing concepts, such as a patient, health and environment. These concepts are reflected in our nursing training, work experience, values and beliefs that…

One very impressive attack on Hume’s argument, trying to solve it with its definition, is as follows. The first premise of the argument is challenged, which is “if we want induction to be rationally justified, induction must be reliable.” Since the definition of deduction is based on the validity of an argument, which is assumed to be reliable, why couldn’t reliability be a part of the definition of induction? Induction is defined to be reliable in this attack. However, reliability cannot be a…

Science is the systematic study of structure and behaviour through observation and experiments. It is an intellectual and practical activity. Skinner (1965) noted that, “All scientists, whether giants or not, enable those who follow them to begin a little further along” (p.11). In the 14th century, Plato offered an alternative route to where science was; he did not see the need for observation, but instead highlighted the importance of other knowledge branches (Brysbaert & Rastle, 2009).…

responded with “got a better idea?” In his article, he has identified what concepts, theories, and paradigms are. Furthermore, he pointed out by referencing Kuhn that “anomalous events do not falsify a paradigm” (Huntington). Moreover, he stressed that a paradigm can be falsified by providing an alternative paradigm that accounts for evidence and facts. However, his Civilization paradigm lacks empirical evidence and data per se. His methodology…

A paradigm is simply how an individual, or in this case a nation, views the world and it will guide all of their decisions, biases, and logic. Kaiser William II, Germany’s emperor prior and during World War I, was the mastermind behind an ideology that felt…

not transform my meaning perspectives after learning her theory, and kept my original definition of each concept of nursing metaparadigm. Lastly, I will provide a learning experience in my clinical practice and relate it to my own definition of paradigm. Watson’s theory is well known worldwide as the heart of present-day…

going to share with us later in the book. I identified four main points that Mr. Cover talked about. The first one is the “Pygmalion Effect” (Covey, 1989, 2004). Covey then talked about Character Ethic and Personality Ethic. Then he discussed paradigm shifts. I understood Covey to say that the Pygmalion Effect is that if you expect something to be a certain way then it is or will be that way. This would also be called a self-fulfilling prophecy. I felt that Covey considers this to be…

Habits of Highly Effective people the first paradigm of human interaction is Win/Win. The Win/Win paradigm of human interaction is a frame of mind that constantly seeks mutual benefits in all human interactions. According to Stephen Covey’s Book the second paradigm of human Interaction is Win/Lose. The Win/Lose is these people are prone to use position, power, credential possessive, or personality to get their ways. According to Covey’s book the third paradigm of human interaction is Lose/Win.…