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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 tectonicsin 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 revolutionshe 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 onesthagard provides a new and comprehensive perspective on the transformation of scientific conceptual systemssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music wells a very good clean copy of this hard cover book with no internal markings or annotations and no damage to the dust jacketthe history of science contains dramatic episodes of revolutionary change in which whole systems of concepts have been replaced by new systems
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