Paradigm Shift Definition

The term Paradigm shift is a word that is used to explain the change or shift in approaches and assumptions. This is a phrase that is developed and made popular by Thomas Kuhn who is an American physicist and is associated with the basic concepts of era shifts and the influences of old habits in each phases. Paradigm shift can help in explaining the major shifts that happen in world or mind and how far the previous habits and customs controls the following ones. In art, this concept is very well described when there was a shift from pre-modern art to modern art. 
 
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