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Pictures, Images and Conceptual Change
Joseph C. Pitt
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Description for Pictures, Images and Conceptual Change
Hardback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
In this essay I am concerned with the problem of conceptual change. There are, needless to say, many ways to approach the issue. But, as I see it, the problem reduces to showing how present and future systems of thought are the rational extensions of prior ones. This goal may not be attainable. Kuhn, for example, suggests that change is mainly a function of socio-economic pressures (taken broadly). But there are some who believe that a case can be made for the rationality of change, especially in science. Wilfrid Sellars is one of those. While Sellars has developed a full ... Read more
In this essay I am concerned with the problem of conceptual change. There are, needless to say, many ways to approach the issue. But, as I see it, the problem reduces to showing how present and future systems of thought are the rational extensions of prior ones. This goal may not be attainable. Kuhn, for example, suggests that change is mainly a function of socio-economic pressures (taken broadly). But there are some who believe that a case can be made for the rationality of change, especially in science. Wilfrid Sellars is one of those. While Sellars has developed a full ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
165
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027712769
SKU
V9789027712769
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