creators_name: Thagard, P.
type: journalp
datestamp: 1998-06-06
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:11
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title: Mind, Society, and the Growth of Knowledge
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: phil-sci
full_text_status: public
abstract: 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
date_type: published
publication: Philosophy of Science
volume: 61
pagerange: 629-645
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Thagard, P.  (1994) Mind, Society, and the Growth of Knowledge.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/673/1/Growth.html