SOCIOLOGY OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR: A Multi -Paradigmatic Confusion

Abstract

This paper seeks to clarify paradigmatic confusions extant in the sociologies of creative behovior, Scientific paradigms are recognized as the framework constituting the way a scientist sees and interprets the phenomena of his interest 0 When a scientist "explcl ns" a porticular phenomenon from two or more paradigms at the same flrne , it promotes confusion by allowing for different interpretctions, A paradigm in the sociology of art is put forth illustrating the extent of paradigmatic confusion in sociology , Examples of this confusion are identified and their implications discussed 0 It is suggested that studies adhering to one paradigm at a time will strengthen our explcnctions, or indicate the limitations of our pcrodiqms, thus foci Ii tati ng scientific advancement.