Why did John Herschel fail to understand polarization? The differences between object and event concepts

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 491-513

  Chen, Xiang ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Event concept; Frame; Herschel; Object concept; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041927740     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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