Using conceptual spaces to exhibit conceptual continuity through scientific theory change

DOI10.1007/s13194-016-0149-xzbMath1384.70002OpenAlexW2465641140WikidataQ121775869 ScholiaQ121775869MaRDI QIDQ1746100

George Masterton, Frank Zenker, Peter Gaerdenfors

Publication date: 24 April 2018

Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-016-0149-x

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsclassical mechanicsspecial relativity theoryconceptual spaceradical theory change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Special relativity (83A05) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05)

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