What is a “paradigm shift?
A paradigm shift is a change in thinking…a BIG change in thinking. This might include the environment, or the economy, or it might be cultural and ethnic. The Peace Revolution wants to change the thinking of the world: from rejection to inclusion: everyone working together to build a better world in which to live.
A paradigm shift is a term used by Thomas Kuhn in his book, “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” to describe the process by which one model of the universe is transformed into another in the scientific community. A paradigm is an example, literally a “model” used to organize and understand phenomena. A theory that does not fit the given paradigm is not likely to meet with approval from the general population of the community and will tend to be seriously contested until the evidence of the superiority of a new paradigm can be established. If the most powerful individuals in their fields accept the new paradigm, there occurs a “paradigm shift” and the new model becomes established in the community. This generally takes a long time and is not entirely a logical process. A paradigm shift then is essentially a change in the primary example, or “model”, used to explain and predict events.
