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A major goal for the cognitive psychology of science is to provide a cognitive theory that can account for how the working practices of scientists lead to developments in scientific knowledge. In our view, such a theory should begin with an abstract model that provides an understanding of developments in science and specifies the events to be addressed. This first task involves some discussion and synthesis of recent work in the philosophy and history of science. The second task is to specify the working practices of scientists that lead to the events incorporated in the abstract model. Finally, the various practices must be understood in terms of a rigorous cognitive theory of psychology that can be empirically evaluated by conventional scientific methods.
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A major goal for the cognitive psychology of science is to provide a cognitive theory that can account for how the working practices of scientists lead to developments in scientific knowledge. In our view, such a theory should begin with an abstract model that provides an understanding of developments in science and specifies the events to be addressed. This first task involves some discussion and synthesis of recent work in the philosophy and history of science. The second task is to specify the working practices of scientists that lead to the events incorporated in the abstract model. Finally, the various practices must be understood in terms of a rigorous cognitive theory of psychology that can be empirically evaluated by conventional scientific methods.
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