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dc.contributor.authorGiIlespie, David F.
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-19T18:12:09Z
dc.date.available2009-05-19T18:12:09Z
dc.date.issued1973-04-01
dc.identifier.citationKansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 1 (SPRING, 1973), pp. 69-75 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4773
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/4773
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.urihttp://web.ku.edu/~starjrnl
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Sociology, University of Kansas
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dc.titleSOCIOLOGY OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR: A Multi -Paradigmatic Confusion
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.17161/STR.1808.4773
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