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Commentary: Psychological Science's Aversion to the Null

2017

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Truth and Historicism in Kuhn’s Thesis of Methodological Incommensurability

2013

Methodological incommensurability is a Thomas Kuhn’s thesis affirming that there are not shared, objective methodological rules or neutral scientific standards for theory comparison and choice. This thesis has often been interpreted as a relativistic and irrationalist claim on the incomparability of scientific theories. Since every paradigm refers to its standards, problem-field and aims, theory choice is subjective and arbitrary. Moreover it seems that, in his latest works, Kuhn abandons this aspect of incommensurability to focus on semantic incommensurability. On the contrary I will argue against the interpretation of methodological incommensurability as a source of epistemological relati…

Thomas Kuhn Incommensurability Truth History of Science Scientific Method FalsificationismSettore M-FIL/02 - Logica E Filosofia Della Scienza
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