The Next Paradigm Shift

Published: March 18, 2008, 7:36 am

Tags: personal development, 21st century, paradigm shift, thomas kuhn, viewpoint

A paradigm is a philosophical and theoretical framework, a viewpoint from which we see the world. What we know about about previous paradigms is that our paradigms are constantly changing. Paradigm shift was first used by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.. “The paradigm shift under way today is not just happening in science. It also extends into society and is powerfully impacting our culture. Perhaps the most important shift that is taking place is personal. Over the last couple of decades, many thousands, maybe many millions of people have undergone dramatic transformations in their values, perceptions, and ways of relating to each other and the world” William Arntz, Betsy Chasse and Mark Vicente What the Bleep Do we Know Let’s look at some paradigms or world views that used to be held. The world is flat. Can you believe that people used to think the world was flat? Here is another paradigm that used to be widely held. Illness is caused by

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