paradigm tourist

One who visits and tries on for size various philosophical perspectives, concepts, and theories. A philosopher who experiences other views. The original Paradigm Tourist is from Houston Texas.

The Paradigm Tourist was in a Derridian phase this year. After visiting Derrida, she may make a return visit to Plato or move toward Merleau-Ponty and Husserl.

by paradigmtourist May 30, 2006

Paradigm Infringement

The act of stealing a superior person’s paradigm. Can include mannerisms, catch phrases or “general ethos” (see penil code 69.69)

Imma sue that motherfucker for paradigm infringement!

by Frank Moody September 26, 2018

The Paradigm Shift

In a general sense, a change happening on a vast scale. A shift in the big picture, if you will.

Specifically "The Paradigm Shift" refers to a certain oft discussed and theorized shift in social groups concerning several different intersecting social circles. The Paradigm Shift did not happen within the originally proposed timeline of the spring of 2008, but new evidence has come to light suggesting that The Paradigm Shift may still be happening, just on a larger timeline and consisting of not exactly the same changes as earlier expected.

"The Paradigm Shift" may still come to manifest itself in the first quarter of 2009.

by DYSTLLBLV? January 26, 2009

left-right paradigm

A system of government in which only two parties are illegible to be in control, through monetary and legal means. In many of these systems, adherents of both parties are in other organizations and secret societies, yet create protagonist and antagonist roles for society to agree with, so there is no actual dissent towards what is really one party.

2004 U.S. election- Both George bush and John F Kerry were both in the same college fraternity, and the council on foreign relations, Just like Obama, and McCain were members of CFR. Together these groups form what is known as the left-right paradigm.

by Zealot Nihilist July 29, 2009

paradigm shift

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.

Einstein once said, "imagination is more important than knowledge." He may be partly right, as I apologize, the above definition is for paradigm, perhaps allow me to better example a paradigm shift here. It isn't as wise to not publish a visionary who foresees a better future, using imagination as well as calculation that may ideal a greater reality, despite our seeming knowledge now of the society apparently. Ideally a paradigm shift is an ascension of sorts, like when humankind civillized or evolved, to the point where they stopped believing that the gods wanted them to sacrifice virgins. In a paradigm shift we'd again eat our vegetables instead of smoke them, we'd be creditted from and use what we're made of, such as Hydrogen for fuel instead of pollution. There is a huge higher set of relativity, that can solve virtually all of our foolish worldly problems, a paradigm shift could come from real leadership. Please believe first acknowledging an extreme atomic negativity which could nuke all of us dead, ridding the Earth of all Humans and so their problems, but also imagine on extreme opposite being that of atomic positivity, where prosperity for all simply depends on leadership for their work efficiency, and in that better extreme might most of our foolish little problems be solved also though truly.

by Joven February 24, 2007

paradigmosis

A condition with similar symptoms as bipolar disorder resulting from living in, but not fitting in with a society that makes little to no sense. Sufferers of paradigmosis often become activists or anarchists.

My symptoms of paradigmosis started around the age of 2.

by ferugualatin March 31, 2009

Paradigm Shifting Epiphany of Botanical Knowledge

To smoke weed

I just had a paradigm shifting epiphany of botanical knowledge and now I have the munchies.

by Botanist420 July 31, 2010