Incommensurability and Related Matters
Incommensurability and Related Matters draws together some of the most distinguished contributors to the critical literature on the problem of the incommensurability of scientific theories. It addresses all the various problems raised by the problem of incommensurability, such as meaning change, ref...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Reference, (In)commensurability and Meanings: Some (Perhaps) Unanticipated Complexities
- Changing Laws and Shifting Concepts: On the Nature and Impact of Incommensurability
- Ramsification, Reference Fixing and Incommensurability
- Incommensurability and Reality
- Incommensurability and the Priority of Metaphysics
- Incommensurability and the Normative Foundations of Scientific Knowledge
- Reasons, Radical Change and Incommensurability in Science
- Incommensurability, Rationality and Relativism: In Science, Culture and Science Education
- Incommensurability and ‘Multicultural Science’
- Incommensurability and Conceptual Change During the Copernican Revolution
- Concept Formation and Commensurability
- Incommensurability Bibliography
- Notes on Contributors
- Index of Names