Communication, Rationality, and Conceptual Changes in Scientific Theories

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-15021-5_14zbMath1328.03006OpenAlexW2117950129MaRDI QIDQ3460229

Frank Zenker, Peter Gaerdenfors

Publication date: 6 January 2016

Published in: Applications of Conceptual Spaces (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15021-5_14

zbMATH Keywords

theory changeconceptual spacespersuasionneo-Kantianismincommensurabilityscientific revolutionrevisable a priori

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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