?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Waves%2C+Particles%2C+and+Explanatory+Coherence&rft.creator=Eliasmith%2C+C.&rft.creator=Thagard%2C+P.&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Peter+Achinstein+(1990%2C+1991)+analyses+the+scientific+debate+that+took+place+in+the+eighteenth+and+nineteenth+centuries+concerning+the+nature+of+light.+He+offers+a+probabilistic+account+of+the+methods+employed+by+both+particle+theorists+and+wave+theorists%2C+and+rejects+any+analysis+of+this+debate+in+terms+of+coherence.+He+characterizes+coherence+through+reference+to+William+Whewell's+writings+concerning+how+%22consilience+of+inductions%22+establishes+an+acceptable+theory+(Whewell%2C+1847)+.+Achinstein+rejects+this+analysis+because+of+its+vagueness+and+lack+of+reference+to+empirical+data%2C+concluding+that+coherence+is+insufficient+to+account+for+the+belief+change+that+took+place+during+the+wave-particle+debate.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F294%2F1%2FWaves.html&rft.identifier=++Eliasmith%2C+C.+and+Thagard%2C+P.++(1997)+Waves%2C+Particles%2C+and+Explanatory+Coherence.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F294%2F