title: Mind, Society, and the Growth of Knowledge creator: Thagard, P. subject: Cognitive Psychology subject: Artificial Intelligence subject: Philosophy of Science description: Explanations of the growth of scientific knowledge can be characterized in terms of logical, cognitive, and social schemas. But cognitive and social schemas are complementary rather than competitive, and purely social explanations of scientific change are as inadequate as purely cognitive explanations. For example, cognitive explanations of the chemical revolution must be supplemented by and combined with social explanations, and social explanations of the rise of the mechanical world view must be supplemented by and combined with cognitive explanations. Rational appraisal of cognitive and social strategies for improving knowledge should appreciate the interdependence of mind and society. date: 1994 type: Journal (Paginated) type: PeerReviewed format: text/html identifier: http://cogprints.org/673/1/Growth.html identifier: Thagard, P. (1994) Mind, Society, and the Growth of Knowledge. [Journal (Paginated)] relation: http://cogprints.org/673/