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Definition
Intellectual perception or view, accepted by an individual or a society as a clear example, model, or pattern of how things work in the world. This term was used first by the US science fiction historian Thomas Kuhn (1922-96) in his 1962 book 'The Structure Of Scientific Revolution' to refer to theoretical frameworks within which all scientific thinking and practices operate. See also paradigm shift.
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paradigm is in the Information & Knowledge Management subject.
paradigm appears in the definitions of the following terms: out of the box thinking and object oriented programming (OOP)
paradigm appears in these other term: paradigm shift
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