The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories

Oberheim, E., & Hoyningen-Huene, P. (2018). The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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Reference work

Year

2018

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https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/incommensurability/

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cognitive_science

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• Equivocation
  • Science and measurement — a constant or unit ("calorie," "mass" pre- and post-relativity) used identically in equations across paradigms that define it differently.

    This sourceDocuments Kuhn's semantic incommensurability — key terms such as 'mass' denoting different things in Newtonian versus relativistic paradigms, so the same symbol used identically across paradigms names two distinct referents.

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