A paradigm, as described by Thomas S. Kuhn,

Kuhn used “paradigm” to mean a shared framework of assumptions, methods, and standards that guides a scientific community. It influences which questions scientists investigate and how they interpret evidence, matching “determines the topics of scientific inquiry and shapes the interpretations of data.” A paradigm is not the same thing as normal science; normal science is research conducted within an accepted paradigm.

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