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what is relation between theory and paradigm

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Dilruba KhanamUniversity of DhakaWhat is the definition of theory and paradigm? What are the differences between theory and paradigm?Theory is a part of larger paradigm. Paradigm is a theory building process.TopicsSociologyMar 30, 2012Recommend1 RecommendationPopular AnswersDamon F. Lynch · University of Minnesota Twin CitiesA paradigm is "a world view, a way of ordering and simplifying the perceptual world's stunning complexity by making certain fundamental assumptions about the nature of the universe, of the individual, and of society. Paradigms are normative; they determine what the practitioner views as important and unimportant, reasonable and unreasonable, legitimate and illegitimate, possible and impossible, and what to attend to and what to ignore. In learning a paradigm, theory, method, and standards are acquired together, typically in an inextricable mixture. Moreover, through the theories they embody, paradigms prove to be constitutive of all normal scientific activity, including underlying assumptions made, problem definition, areas of investigation, questions posed and, particularly, data interpretation, conclusions drawn and policy recommendations made at the end of the research process (Kuhn, 1970). Thus all theories as well as the methods generated by them are, ultimately, paradigm based."

Answer 2

THEORY : -

A theory explains a phenomenon or presents a relationship that exists.

It allows us to understand the nature of a certain phenomenon and the causal relationships that exist in it.

Theories provide us with a generalized picture usually without any exceptions.

Theories are testable and can be falsified.

A theory always has evidence and can be tested by anyone and acquire the same result which guarantees the truth it holds. 


PARADIGM : -

a paradigm is much broader.

It refers to a theoretical framework.

It is paradigms that usually lay behind theories allowing us to look at things in a particular angel.

It provides us with an outlook to understanding things. 

They are not very explicit as theories.