Continuing the conversation from class on Wednesday, I just wanted to add a little bit about the paradigm shifting idea. I think that it is true that these shifts take place no matter what we are talking about. Some examples include art, music, technology and science. However, I think that the major difference is the time frame when these shifts take place. Art, music, and technology have undergone different phases very quickly. Genres pass even as quickly as decades and these changes are typically well defined.
On the other hand, science has been the paradigm that is shifted only once in a while and only in a certain area after extensive research. We as scientists pick and chose what we want to focus on and we find a way to prove it to everyone else. New findings are many times based on previous successes and failures. Therefore, the paradigm shift in science is much more vague and lengthy than that of music or art. It is much less defined which makes it all the more interesting to the curious.
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Paradigm in the dictionary is defined as "an example serving as a model' pattern." The textbook example of a paradigm shift is the Copernican Revolution which changed the way we modeled the earth, sun and solar system. This discovery proved the previous one wrong, and then the new idea as the sun being the center of the earth was adopted by everyone.
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time translating the ever developing and changing generas of music, and art into paradigm shifts. Art and music develop as times and influences change. There is never just one accepted art form or style of music.
I took a art history class in high school, and sure, art can be categorized into distinct periods, like baroque, renaissance and modern, but during each of these time periods this was not the only accepted art form. Art of many different styles was still being created on all ends of earth.
As the times changed, art changed as well, but the previous art forms weren’t considered wrong. The styles were just not the preferred style anymore.
A paradigm shift in relation to art could be the discovery and widespread usage of oil paint, or the even dating back to the discovery of coal and lead being used as marking instruments.
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ReplyDeleteAs well, paradigm shifts in the sciences tend to be more "complete" than such shifts in the arts, at least once they reach critical mass. One can still write Romantic poetry or believe George Eliot's realism. One can also believe the flat-earth hypothesis, but one is more likely to be laughed at.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of how you define the shift in science or how quickly it is taking place, it is the shift itself that is making all the difference. We need to continue to embrace this shift and use the changes to our advantage. Every change can help lead to new discoveries, or open our eyes in different ways to old thoughts.
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