Do Kuhn’s Cases of the Theory-Change from Newtonian to Einsteinian Physics Support His Incommensurability Thesis?

IF 0.3 3区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Organon F Pub Date : 2021-05-24 DOI:10.31577/ORGF.2021.28208

Kyoung-eun Yang

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Abstract

In order to support his revolutionary view on scientific change, Kuhn suggests that there exist two separate aspects of the theory-change from Newtonian to Einsteinian physics that support his incommensurability thesis. For the evidence of his thesis Kuhn offers the conceptual change in the meaning of notion of “mass” in the theory-change. And he claims the absence of any neutral observational basis to evaluate the strengths of the two theories. This essay argues that these two cases fail to support his incommensurability thesis.

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库恩从牛顿物理学到爱因斯坦物理学理论转变的案例支持他的不可测性论点吗？

为了支持他关于科学变革的革命性观点，库恩认为，从牛顿物理学到爱因斯坦物理学的理论变革存在两个独立的方面来支持他的不可通约性论点。库恩为其论文提供了理论变革中“质量”概念意义的概念变革的证据。他还声称，没有任何中立的观测基础来评估这两种理论的优势。本文认为这两个案例不足以支持他的不可通约性理论。

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0.70

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38 weeks

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