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From: phillips@nrl-cmf.UUCP (Lee Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: whom to blame for "paradigm"
Keywords: paradigm, blame
Message-ID: <111@nrl-cmf.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 90 15:57:43 GMT
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Reply-To: phillips@cmsun.UUCP (Lee Phillips)
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You can blame _The Structure of Scientific Revolutions_ by 
T. Kuhn.  I'm convinced that when this book became wildly
popular among "Philosophers of Science" and their wide-eyed
students, that the word "paradigm", which appears several
times per page therein, became firmly rooted in the jargon
of all fields peripheral to science.  Before that book
took off, and even now, probably, one can still use the
word in its ordinary meaning without embarrassment.


                                           Lee Phillips
                                           phillips@cmf.nrl.navy.mil