Conceptual Revolutions

by Paul Thagard

Book Overview

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 The history of science contains dramatic episodes of revolutionary change in which whole systems of concepts have been replaced by new systems.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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691024901
• ISBN13: 9780691024905
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"