From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Fri Dec 21 2001 - 15:24:59 MST
Just a little FYI here. A fine discussion of phlogiston theory and its
replacement by the oxygen hypothesis can be found in Paul Thagard's
_Conceptual Revolutions_. Thagard covers all sorts of conceptual
changes in science. (I reviewed this book several years ago for _Full
Context_. My review is available online at
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/Concept.html) Also, he's on the web at
http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/Biographies/pault.html
That's more of what we need to know here: How hypotheses and concepts
change in science.
Happy Holidays!
Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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