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The history of science suggests that theory change often requires a series of empirical anomalies, which collectively appear to be better explained by an alternate theory.
“The history of science suggests that theory change often requires a series of empirical anomalies, which collectively appear to be better explained by an alternate theory (T.Kuhn, 1962;Thagard, 1992).”
From The role of anomalous data in knowledge acquisition: A theoretical framework and implications for science instruction. (1993) · cites this paper as Thagard, 1992
Thagard (1992) concludes that for most scientific revolutions, explanatory breadth of the new theory is the largest contributor to explanatory coherence.
“He (Thagard, 1992) concludes that “for most revolutions, the explanatory breadth of the new theory--how much it explains--is the largest contributor to explanatory coherence” (p.248).”
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- Authors
- Thagard, P.
- Corresponding author
- Thagard, Paul
- ORCID
- Thagard, Paul
- Venue
- Princeton University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1992-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W4235165656
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- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy, Science, and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies
- Keywords
- conceptual revolutions, conceptual change, scientific revolution, philosophy of science
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