Resolving Paradoxes: Structural Transitions and Conceptual Stability in Scientific Framework.

Paradoxes often emerge when the inferential power of a scientific framework exceeds its descriptive capacity. Previous work identified this mismatch as a structural origin of paradox formation and formalized it through the Paradox Boundary Principle. This article investigates how such paradoxes are resolved. It argues that paradox resolution typically corresponds to minimal structural adjustments within conceptual frameworks that restore compatibility between inferential reach and descriptive representation. This process can be interpreted as a form of conceptual phase transition in scientific theories. Historical and contemporary examples illustrate how paradoxes act as structural signals guiding the reorganization of scientific knowledge. Taken together with earlier work on paradox formation and paradox boundaries, the present study contributes to a minimal structural framework describing the formation, localization, and resolution of paradoxes across scientific domains.