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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
DOI: 10.1515/9780691186672
OpenAlex: W4235165656
Cited by: 1,066
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Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
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Keywords: conceptual revolutions, conceptual change, scientific revolution, philosophy of science

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