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The analysis of the incommensurable arguments that occur when proponents of different paradigms literally talk past each other. Because paradigms define terms, methods, and standards of proof differently, there is no neutral court of appeal. A dispute between paradigms is less a debate and more a cross-cultural dialogue of the deaf, where each side sees the other as fundamentally irrational or blind.
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