On classification of scientific revolutions

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-232

  Kvasz, Ladislav ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Crowe; Dauben; Epistemic framework; Epistemic ruptures; Incommensurability; Kuhn; Lakatos; Paradigm; Scientific revolutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049127420     PISSN: 09254560     EISSN: 15728587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008317930920     Document Type: Article

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