Beyond Evidence-Based Belief Formation: How Normative Ideas Have Constrained Conceptual Change Research

The cognitive sciences, including psychology and education, have their roots in antiquity. In the historically early disciplines like logic and philosophy, the purpose of inquiry was normative. Logic sought to formalize valid inferences, and the various branches of philosophy sought to identify tru...

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Main Author: Stellan Ohlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EARLI 2013-12-01
Series:Frontline Learning Research
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Online Access:https://journals.sfu.ca/flr/index.php/journal/article/view/58