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Campbell, John Angus – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1986
Addresses the question: If an intellectual change is truly fundamental, how can it be socially comprehensible? Claims that the question is particularly pressing in the case of Darwin's "Origin." Argues that the answer lies in an understanding of how scientific revolutions depend on continuity with an existent cultural grammar. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences, Evolution