IZNACHALNO po Platonu paradigm oznachal "primer","model" a Kuhn razvil etot termin.No proshe vsego v bolee sovremennoy obrabotke isslyustriruet etot termin ponyatie "thinking outside the box' (mislit vne ramok). Vot eti ramki iest paradigm(kstati proiznositsya imenno paradigm ane paradigmA).