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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 (T.Kuhn, 1962;Thagard, 1992).”
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“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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- Thagard, P.
- Corresponding author
- Thagard, Paul
- ORCID
- Thagard, Paul
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- Princeton University Press eBooks
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- Princeton University Press
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- 1992-12-31
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- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
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