<![CDATA[This article aims to analyze the concepts of paradigm and scientific revolution from Thomas S. Kuhn’s perspective and to examine their relevance to the development of accounting research. The study employs a qualitative approach using literature review and conceptual synthesis of classical and contemporary works in philosophy of science and accounting. The findings indicate that accounting research has not developed in a linear manner; instead, it has shifted from normative approaches to positive approaches and later expanded toward interpretive, critical, interdisciplinary, and other alternative perspectives. These shifts suggest that changes in accounting research are not merely methodological variations, but also transformations in ontological, epistemological, and axiological assumptions regarding accounting reality, research objectives, and valid forms of knowledge. In this regard, Kuhn’s ideas remain relevant because they explain how dominant paradigms shape scientific practice, how anomalies generate crises, and how scientific communities are eventually driven to adopt new approaches. This article argues that contemporary accounting research requires a multiparadigm orientation in order to remain adaptive, reflective, and context-sensitive, including in the development of accounting scholarship in Indonesia.]]>
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