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

• Autore: Andersen Hanne <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 509/.04
• Soggetto topico: Science - Philosophy - History - 20th century; Science - History - 20th century; Paradigm (Theory of knowledge); Cognition; Constructivism (Philosophy)
• Persona (resp. second.): BarkerPeter <1949->; ChenXiang <1954->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The cognitive structure of scientific revolutions
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457838903321
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