This book systematically creates a general descriptive theory of scientific change that explains the mechanics of changes in both scientific theories and the methods of their assessment.
Hakob Barseghyan is professor of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Toronto. Hakob laid the foundations of the general descriptive theory of scientific change
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: METATHEORY.- Chapter 1: Scope.- Chapter 2: Possibility.- Chapter 3: Assessment.- PART II: THEORY.- Chapter 4: Axioms.- Chapter 5: Theorems.- Conclusion.- Appendix: Some Open Questions.- Bibliography.- Legend.