Paradigm Shift In Science Research Articles

Can Humankind Change the Economic Myth? Paradigm Shifts Necessary for Ecologically Sustainable Business

Economic wealth is humankind′s most dominant myth. However, this myth must be significantly altered if economic activity and ecological sustainability are to be achieved for posterity. Changing the economic myth means shifting the paradigms which underlie it, and shifting these paradigms means changing the assumptions and values which lie at the heart of business′s relationship to the planet. Research supports the notion that widescale, fundamental change efforts are required to achieve such shifts. Examines the magnitude of the changes which probably will be necessary in order to achieve a truly sustainable society in the future. Discusses the nature of some of the scientific, economic, and management paradigm shifts which need to take place in business organizations before the myth of economic wealth can be truly modified to include Mother Earth.

The emerging paradigm shift in storage system architectures

It is argued that currently dominant, large-scale storage architectures, built around central, shared storage systems with CPU-connected devices, are reaching economic and technological limitations and no longer meet performance, capacity, and transparency requirements. Models of historical scientific and technological paradigm shifts are reviewed, and the reasons why the authors believe such a paradigm shift is underway in storage system architectures are discussed. The requirements to be met, important technical problems being investigated, such as network-connected devices, use of storage hierarchies, and system management, and the characteristics of the emerging large-scale, distributed, storage-architecture paradigm are described and illustrated by actual implementations and by standardization work under way in the IEEE Storage System Standards Working Group. >

Influence of the East on the cultural renewal of the West

Western societies are undergoing cultural crisis, and in that context the East may provide sources of inspiration for Western renewal. This article analyses four recent Western developments—‘Turning Eastwards’, a focus on Japanese management methods, scientific paradigm shifts, and the ‘quest for meaning and purpose’—before examining the potential for WEASTern cultures: East meets West in a new global culture.

An Integration of Science and Theology in A Piagetian Epistemology

Piagetian theory is suggested as a possible epistemological model for creating an interaction between the sciences and theology. Piaget's (1974) developmental paradigm is discussed with particular emphasis upon preoperations, concrete operations, and formal operations and their relation to reality formation and integration. Integrative and nonintegrative approaches to theology and science are traced throughout history and analogously to Piagetian thought. Kuhn's (1970) theory of scientific paradigm shifts is summarized and theology/science communication is discussed. It is concluded that science and theology are facets of a complementary continuum of epistemological systems.

Models of paradigmatic change

Processes of revolution, evolution, and migration offer differing explanations of scientific knowledge development and paradigm shifts. Communication is an emerging a paradigmatic discipline attempting to move to the preparadigmatic stage. To the extent that this symposium makes differences among theoretical bases for inquiry public and debatable it is applauded as a positive step in the maturing process of our discipline.