10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
3750 | "It is true that x" means no more than x [Ramsey] |
18076 | Most theories are continually falsified [Kuhn, by Kitcher] |
22191 | Kuhn's scientists don't aim to falsifying their paradigm, because that is what they rely on [Kuhn, by Gorham] |
22183 | Switching scientific paradigms is a conversion experience [Kuhn] |
6162 | Kuhn has a description theory of reference, so the reference of 'electron' changes with the descriptions [Rowlands on Kuhn] |
22184 | Incommensurability assumes concepts get their meaning from within the theory [Kuhn, by Okasha] |
7619 | Galileo's notions can't be 'incommensurable' if we can fully describe them [Putnam on Kuhn] |
18818 | Sentence meaning is given by the actions to which it would lead [Ramsey] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |