History And Paradigm Shifts

A radical or abrupt change in the way things are done has been described as a paradigm shift. The shift occurs in a relatively short period of time. It is followed by a period of intensive activity and development. Why a shift occurs is not easily discovered, . Perhaps one reason it comes about is because things as they exist seem to invite another method or device to accomplish the end result that is better than the UsualWayOfDoingThings?.

The first ParadigmShift: KnowledgeProliferation

It includes a change of perspective and employs things that are not necessarily mutually exclusive of what is being or has been used. Examples: Sticks, Stones, Spears, Arrows, Ropes, Nets, Plows, Tractors, Abacus, Microcomputer

ParadigmShift

 From the American Heritage Dictionary 

par·a·digm (pr-dm, -dm) n. 

1. One that serves as a pattern or model.

2. A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb.

3. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.

Using the dictionary sense expressed in #3 - A short list of candidates for inclusion or deletion as SignificantChanges? in TheHistoryOfComputing?:

This is to be a quick list to be improved upon It is intended as a ToolOfDiscovery? The methods employed are meant to help to develop and express the sense of what is meant by "ParidigmShift?"

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Paradigm Shift Discovery Method One - Outlining Method

  Category
     Major Change or Innovation (Approximate Year or Utilized Period) added where known
        Derivative
   Subderivative
      Subsubderivative (etc)

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Paradigm Shift Discovery Method Two - Bibliographic Method

  Discovering the Literature 

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CategoryHistory