Creating Scientific Concepts

by Nancy J. Nersessian

Book Overview

An account that analyzes the dynamic reasoning processes implicated in a fundamental problem of creativity in science: how does genuine novelty emerge from existing representations?

How do novel scientific concepts arise? In Creating Scientific Concepts, Nancy Nersessian seeks to answer this central but virtually unasked question in the problem of conceptual change. She argues that the popular image of novel concepts and profound...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515075
• ISBN13: 9780262515078
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher