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Cambridge: Bradford Press, 2008. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xiv, 251pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An account that analyzes the dynamic reasoning processes implicated in a fundamental problem of creativity in science: how does genuine novelty emerge from existing representations? How do novel scientific concepts arise? In Creating Scientific Concepts, Nancy Nersessian seeks to answer this central but virtually unasked question in the problem of conceptual change. She argues that the popular image of novel concepts and profound insight bursting forth in a blinding flash of inspiration is mistaken. Instead, novel concepts are shown to arise out of the interplay of three factors: an attempt to solve specific problems; the use of conceptual, analytical, and material resources provided by the cognitive-social-cultural context of the problem; and dynamic processes of reasoning that…
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- Title Creating Scientific Concepts
- Author Nancy J. Nersessian
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 266
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher MIT Press
- Date 2010-08-13
- ISBN 9780262515078 / 0262515075
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.88 x 5.78 x 0.51 in (22.56 x 14.68 x 1.30 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 500
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