Conceptual Revolutions ISBN-13: 9780691024905
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Conceptual Revolutions ISBN-13: 9780691024905 | 9780691024905, Biology, Book, Paperback, Paul, Princeton University Press, spreadr-hidden, Thagard | ISBN-10: 0691024901
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Author: Thagard, Paul
Brand: Princeton University Press
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780691024905
Release Date: 03-01-1993
Languages: English
Binding: Paperback
Part Number: 9780691024905
Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
Details: 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 The history of science contains dramatic episodes of revolutionary change in which whole systems of concepts have been replaced by new systems.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 Newtons mechanics, Lavoisiers oxygen theory, Einsteins 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.
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