Communication, Rationality, and Conceptual Changes in Scientific Theories
(2015) Conceptual spaces at work, 2012 In Synthese library. Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 359. p.259-277- Abstract
This article outlines how conceptual spaces theory applies to modeling changes of scientific frameworks when these are treated as spatial structures rather than as linguistic entities. The theory is briefly introduced and five types of changes are presented. It is then contrasted with Michael Friedman’s neo-Kantian account that seeks to render Kuhn’s “paradigm shift” as a communicatively rational historical event of conceptual development in the sciences. Like Friedman, we refer to the transition from Newtonian to relativistic mechanics as an example of “deep conceptual change.” But we take the communicative rationality of radical conceptual change to be available prior to the philosophical meta-paradigms that Friedman deems... (More)
This article outlines how conceptual spaces theory applies to modeling changes of scientific frameworks when these are treated as spatial structures rather than as linguistic entities. The theory is briefly introduced and five types of changes are presented. It is then contrasted with Michael Friedman’s neo-Kantian account that seeks to render Kuhn’s “paradigm shift” as a communicatively rational historical event of conceptual development in the sciences. Like Friedman, we refer to the transition from Newtonian to relativistic mechanics as an example of “deep conceptual change.” But we take the communicative rationality of radical conceptual change to be available prior to the philosophical meta-paradigms that Friedman deems indispensable for this purpose.
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- author
- Zenker, Frank LU and Gärdenfors, Peter LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Incommensurability, Conceptual spaces, Revisable a priori, Neo-Kantianism, Scientific revolution, Persuasion, Theory change
- host publication
- Applications of Conceptual Spaces : The Case for Geometric Knowledge Representation - The Case for Geometric Knowledge Representation
- series title
- Synthese library. Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
- editor
- Zenker, F. and Gärdenfors, P.
- volume
- 359
- pages
- 19 pages
- publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- conference name
- Conceptual spaces at work, 2012
- conference location
- Lund, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2012-05-24 - 2012-05-26
- external identifiers
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- wos:000380455500014
- scopus:85117147908
- ISBN
- 9783319150215
- 9783319150208
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-15021-5_14
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 7bc2a980-20ec-4827-8dae-1ee437d591f9 (old id 4897151)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 10:53:14
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- 2024-12-08 15:41:33
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