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Kuhn’s concept of paradigm shift is a prominent one in science. This chapter describes a revision of the model by showing that the changes that take place in paradigms fit the present five-step generic change model. First, I present and rework Overton’s revision of Kuhn’s work. I refer to his concept of relationism as one central to my own work, too. The chapter covers broad topics of interest, such as unifying psychology and presenting a co-existential philosophical model. Overall, the chapter continues the work in this last section of the book of revising critical theorists in the behavioral sciences (Maslow, Kuhn) and integrating causality as central to the unification needed in the field (as well, perhaps, using my own models in this regard). The chapter concludes with how the concept of the causal self can help unify psychology.
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Young, G. (2016). Staging Revolutions and Paradigms. In: Unifying Causality and Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24094-7_35
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