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Incommensurability and related matters / edited by Paul Hoyningen-Huene and Howard Sankey.
LIBRA Q174 .B67 vol. 216
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 216.
- Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 216
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Measurement--Philosophy.
- Measurement.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2001]
- Summary:
- 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, reference of theoretical terms, scientific realism and anti-realism, rationality of theory choice, cognitive aspects of conceptual change, as well as exploring the broader implications of incommensurability for cultural difference. While it offers new work, and new directions of discussion, on the topic of incommensurability, the book also recapitulates the history of the discussion of the topic that has taken place within the literature on incommensurability.
- Contents:
- Reference, (in)commensurability and meanings : some (perhaps) unanticipated complexities / Richard N. Boyd
- Changing laws and shifting concepts : on the nature and impact of incommensurability / Martin Carrier
- Ramsification, reference fixing and incommensurability / Fred Kroon, Robert Nola
- Incommensurability and reality / Harold I. Brown
- Incommensurability and the priority of metaphysics / Michael Devitt
- Incommensurability and the normative foundations of scientific knowledge / Gerald Doppelt
- Reasons, radical change and incommensurability in science / Dudley Shapere
- Incommensurability, rationality and relativism : in science, culture and science education / Harvey Siegel
- Incommensurability and 'multicultural science' / Hugh Lacey
- Incommensurability and conceptual change during the Copernican revolution / Peter Barker
- Concept formation and commensurability / Nancy J. Nersessian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0792369890
- OCLC:
- 46884182
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