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| 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._____________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. | |||
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Gerhard Schurz on Incommensurability - Dictionary of Arguments
I 216 Incommensurability/Inkommensurability Problem/Kuhn/Ramsey sentence/Carnap sentence/Schurz: Ramsey sentence and Carnap-sentence together also solve the Incommensurability Problem: which says that Theoretical Terms of different theories are semantically incomparable, even if they are word-similar. >Theoretical terms, >Carnap-sentence/Schurz, >Ramsey sentence/Schurz. Solution: If the representatives of competing theories at least share the empirical or pre-theoretical terms, they can formulate, understand and empirically test the Ramsey theorem of the other theory in their common language._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20