The Merriam-Webster dictionary offers the following: In a column at The Globe and Mail, Robert Fulford describes paradigm as "a crossover hit: It moved nimbly from science to culture to sports to business."īut what, exactly, is a paradigm shift? Or, for that matter, a paradigm? Talk of paradigms and paradigm shifts has since become commonplace - not only in science, but also in business, social movements and beyond. He suggested that scientific revolutions are not a matter of incremental advance they involve "paradigm shifts."
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Inspired, in part, by the theories of psychologist Jean Piaget, who saw children's development as a series of discrete stages marked by periods of transition, Kuhn posited two kinds of scientific change: incremental developments in the course of what he called "normal science," and scientific revolutions that punctuate these more stable periods. One measure of his influence is the widespread use of the term "paradigm shift," which he introduced in articulating his views about how science changes over time.
But his influence extended well beyond the academy: The book was widely read - and seeped into popular culture. Kuhn's 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, transformed the philosophy of science and changed the way many scientists think about their work. He went on to become an important and broad-ranging thinker, and one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. Regulating emotions, both emotional experience and emotional expression, is an integral part of the recommended "principles of living.Thomas Kuhn, the well-known physicist, philosopher and historian of science, was born 94 years ago today. These views underline the recommended path for self-transformation. Concept of rasa or aesthetic relish is central to this approach to understanding affective experiences as dealt with in the Natyashastra of Bharathamuni. Works of Bharathmuni have contributed to the understanding of emotional experiences. Bhagvadgita traces all emotional experiences to the gunas, i.e., sattva, rajas, and tamas. Hence, suffering or dukha arises from within and not from the outside world. According to Patanjali's Yoga Shastra, suffering is due to ignorance about one's true "self" (avidya). Emotions are viewed as springs of action and are bipolar in nature. Ego or ahamkara is differentiated from the true Self or atman. seen as arising from the contact and attachment of the ego or ahamkara with the external world and are caused by a sense of imperfection, incompleteness or non-fulfillment. They are seen as modification of desire and attachment. This view of emotions lays emphasis on desires as the root cause of emotional upheavals. In the Indian philosophical texts' detailed descriptions of emotions are not available nor are dealt with as a separate concept. The present paper is an attempt to understand emotions and the affect from Indian traditional point of view. KeywordsSelf-actualization–Yoga–Bhakti Yoga–Jnana Yoga Read more On personality, distinguishing characteristics and the functioning of self are proposed, to enable an individual to adopt Practitioners on variables related to the self and its actualization, as also their world-views are explored.
Self-actualization among practitioners of two paths of Yoga i.e. In this context, the present study is a pilot attempt to explore Have been identified are Bhakti, Jnana, Karma and Raja Yoga. That could be practiced by individuals based on their subjective preferences and suitability. Nature of the self within, through the multi-faceted and individualized process of Yoga. The Indian systems of thought elaborate on the means to realizing or knowing the true philosophy, which has an array of such procedures and methodologies, which practitioners of humanistic and In this respect, the current Western approach falls short in front Use of a qualitative subjective methodological framework. Emphasis on the study of the self necessitates greater Nature and behavior from the reductionistic and mechanistic perspectives. Growth of the branches of humanistic and positive psychology has brought in a paradigm shift in the understanding of human
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