blocks of information to an existing base. The dynamic view presents knowledge as a process, and suggests that scientific theories and principles "would soon become a dogma if not subjected to constant investigation and development. In the dynamic view, knowledge is a body of generally accepted rules by which one deals with information; that is, it is the scientific method" (Evans, 1991, p. 23). Through application of the scientific method, scholars treating knowledge as a process--the dynamic perception of science--create scientific revolutions (Kuhn, 1970, pp. 52-91).
The foundations of the scientific method are concepts, definition, hypotheses, and theory (Kaplan, 1964, pp. 24-36). Concepts are basic to all thought and communication. Hypothesis statements are designed through the use of concepts. The success of scholarly research "hinges on how clearly we conceptualize and how well others understand
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