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 Incommensurability - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments
 
Incommensurability: non-comparability. Expression by Thomas Kuhn (Th. Kuhn, The structure of scientific revolutions, 1962). Kuhn argues that scientific theories which are replaced in the course of time use terms which are altered in their meaning, and therefore make a comparison of, e.g. measurement results impossible and thus also a comparison of statements.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
 
Author Item    More concepts for author
Davidson, Donald Incommensurability   Davidson, Donald
Feyerabend, Paul Incommensurability   Feyerabend, Paul
Hempel, Carl Incommensurability   Hempel, Carl
Kuhn, Thomas S. Incommensurability   Kuhn, Thomas S.
Political Philosophy Incommensurability   Political Philosophy
Putnam, Hilary Incommensurability   Putnam, Hilary
Rorty, Richard Incommensurability   Rorty, Richard
Schurz, Gerhard Incommensurability   Schurz, Gerhard

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