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Ideas of Thomas S. Kuhn, by Text
[American, 1922 - 1997, Born in Cincinnatti. Pupil of Willard Quine. Professor at Chicago University, and at Princeton.]
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1962
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Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd ed)
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p.50
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Kuhn has a description theory of reference, so the reference of 'electron' changes with the descriptions [Rowlands]
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p.77
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Switching scientific paradigms is a conversion experience
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p.79
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Incommensurability assumes concepts get their meaning from within the theory [Okasha]
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p.81
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Kuhn's scientists don't aim to falsifying their paradigm, because that is what they rely on [Gorham]
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p.115
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Galileo's notions can't be 'incommensurable' if we can fully describe them [Putnam]
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p.153
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Most theories are continually falsified [Kitcher]
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1970
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Reflections on my Critics
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p.281
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6809
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Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Bird]
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§5
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p.266
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12129
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'Truth' may only apply within a theory
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§6
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p.266
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12128
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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable
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