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Taking Up Thagard's Challenge: A Formal Model of Conceptual Revision.

Thagard (1992) presented a framework for conceptual change in science based on conceptual systems. Thagard challenged belief revision theorists, claiming that traditional belief-revision systems are able to model only the two most conservative types of changes in his framework, but not the more radi...

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Published in:Journal of Philosophical Logic Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 791 - 825
Main Authors: Bozdag, Sena, De Benedetto, Matteo
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2022
Subjects:
Conceptual structures
Conceptual models
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          Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
          Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, D-80539, München, Germany
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