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Which of these are Not correct or related to 'paradigm' in the context of theory making?
- 1. Paradigm is a theoretical framework, an accepted set of concepts, thought patterns, research methods, postulates and standards within which all theoretical enterprises are taken up
- 2. Paradigm shift denotes a scientific revolution or great change in the theoretical enterprise
- 3. Karl Popper wrote 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' explaining the role of paradigm
- 4. Thomas Kuhn gave the most popular explanation of Paradigm
AOnly 3 ✓ Correct
BOnly 4
C3 and 4
D2, 3 and 4
Correct answer: (A) Only 3 — Statement 3 alone is incorrect, because Thomas Kuhn, not Karl Popper, wrote The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962.
Explanation
★Statement 3 alone is incorrect, because Thomas Kuhn, not Karl Popper, wrote The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962.
★Kuhn gave the most influential account of a paradigm as the accepted framework of a scientific community.
★A paradigm includes the shared concepts, methods, postulates and standards within which normal science proceeds.
★A paradigm shift is Kuhn's term for a scientific revolution that replaces one framework with another.
★Karl Popper is associated instead with falsifiability and The Logic of Scientific Discovery.
★So statements 1, 2 and 4 are all correct descriptions of the paradigm idea.
★Kuhn and Popper are often paired in exams, so it helps to keep their works clearly apart.
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