Scientific Concepts as Forward-Looking: How Taxonomic Structure Facilitates Conceptual Development.

This paper examines the interplay between conceptual structure and the evolution of scientific concepts, arguing that concepts are fundamentally 'forward-looking' constructs. Drawing on empirical studies of similarity and categorization, I explicate the way in which the conceptual taxonomy highlight...

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Published in:	Journal of the Philosophy of History Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 205 - 232
Main Author:	Bloch-Mullins, Corinne L.
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2020
Subjects:	Science Adoption of ideas Taxonomy Empirical research Philosophy
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