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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784331103321

Autore

Andersen Hanne <1964->

Titolo

The cognitive structure of scientific revolutions / / Hanne Andersen, Peter Barker, Xiang Chen [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-107-15546-0

1-280-48041-6

9786610480418

0-511-22036-7

0-511-22127-4

0-511-21930-X

0-511-31465-5

0-511-49840-3

0-511-21998-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

509/.04

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy - History - 20th century

Science - History - 20th century

Paradigm (Theory of knowledge)

Cognition

Constructivism (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Revolutions in science and science studies -- ; 2. Kuhn's theory of concepts -- ; 3. Representing concepts by means of dynamic frames -- ; 4. Scientific change -- ; 5. Incommensurability -- ; 6. The Copernican revolution -- ; 7. Realism, history, and cognitive studies of science.

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most widely read book about science in the twentieth century. His terms 'paradigm' and 'scientific revolution' entered everyday speech, but they remain controversial. In the second half of the twentieth century, the new field of cognitive science combined empirical psychology, computer science, and neuroscience. In this book, the theories of



concepts developed by cognitive scientists are used to evaluate and extend Kuhn's most influential ideas. Based on case studies of the Copernican revolution, the discovery of nuclear fission, and an elaboration of Kuhn's famous 'ducks and geese' example of concept learning, this volume, first published in 2006, offers accounts of the nature of normal and revolutionary science, the function of anomalies, and the nature of incommensurability.