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Conceptual Revolutions
Engelsk Paperback
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Engelsk Paperback

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In this path-breaking work, Paul Thagard draws on the history and philosophy of science, cognitive psychology, and the field of artificial intelligence to develop a theory of conceptual change capable of accounting for all major scientific revolutions. The history of science contains dramatic episodes of revolutionary change in which whole systems of concepts have been replaced by new systems. Thagard provides a new and comprehensive perspective on the transformation of scientific conceptual systems.


Thagard examines the Copernican and the Darwinian revolutions and the emergence of Newton''s mechanics, Lavoisier''s oxygen theory, Einstein''s theory of relativity, quantum theory, and the geological theory of plate tectonics. He discusses the psychological mechanisms by which new concepts and links between them are formed, and advances a computational theory of explanatory coherence to show how new theories can be judged to be superior to previous ones.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
310
ISBN-13:
9780691024905
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0691024901
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
3 jan 1993
Længde:
18mm
Bredde:
156mm
Højde:
227mm
Forlag:
Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato:
3 jan 1993
Forfatter(e):
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