MENTAL MODEL · M11814

Paradigm Stripping

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

In the Kuhnian sense, a paradigm is the set of tacit presuppositions shared by a scientific community, invisible to its members as water is to a fish. Paradigm stripping is the deliberate act of identifying those assumptions, ontological, methodological and evaluative, and suspending them, so that the boundaries and blind spots of the paradigm appear and new configurations become possible.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

- Assumption inventory: list what the field treats as self-evident and unspoken. - Counterfactual probe: ask what changes if each assumption fails. - External shock: use an outside case or foreign practice to disturb the preset.

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Anchor fast decisions

Tacit assumptions filter what can be seen, so making them explicit removes the filter and exposes the walls they create. Once visible, an assumption can be questioned and replaced rather than silently enforced.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

List the premises the field currently treats as self-evident. 2. Ask of each what follows if it no longer holds. 3. Use an outside perspective or foreign case to disturb the preset. 4. Make the stripped assumptions explicit and discussable. 5. Test which have become obsolete and can be replaced.

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