“Primer In Theory Construction” By Reynolds, P. D. 

I have read the theory of paradigms before. However this book has taken the theory of paradigms to a new level which I find very interesting. The categorization method adopted by Reynolds is an interesting way to discuss paradigms. Whereas conceptualization and orientation remain constant; the level of radicalism at which an existing paradigm is broken seems to differentiate the forms of paradigms described in the book. Most interesting to me is Paradigm Variations which is a work in progress kind of method. Paradigm variations starts off with a basic conceptualization which then goes through refinements that produce variations of the original conceptualization without fundamentally changing the conceptualization of the phenomena associated with the paradigm.

This is a very interesting, and insightful book. Like ‘The Craft of Research’ this book is also about research methodologies, what to expect from peers and how to convince your research community.