Paradigm vs. Dogma

Paradigm vs. Dogma — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Paradigm and Dogma

Paradigmnoun

A pattern, a way of doing something, especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.

Thomas Kuhn's landmark “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” got people talking about paradigm shifts, to the point the word itself now suggests an incomplete or biased perspective.

Dogmanoun

An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

Paradigmnoun

An example serving as the model for such a pattern.

Dogmanoun

A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ex cathedra to make them part of the official faith.

Paradigmnoun

(linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.

The paradigm of "go" is "go, went, gone."

Dogmanoun

a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

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Paradigmnoun

systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

Dogmanoun

a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative;

he believed all the Marxist dogma

Paradigmnoun

a standard or typical example;

he is the prototype of good breedinghe provided America with an image of the good father

Paradigmnoun

the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

Paradigmnoun

the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time;

he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm