Do Kuhn’s cases of the theory-change from Newtonian to Einsteinian physics support his incommensurability thesis?

Title:

Do Kuhn’s cases of the theory-change from Newtonian to Einsteinian physics support his incommensurability thesis?

Creator:

Yang, Kyoung-Eun

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:05f28d4e-6fe8-4024-9a6e-99ac38136274
uuid:05f28d4e-6fe8-4024-9a6e-99ac38136274
doi:10.31577/orgf.2021.28208

Subject:

conceptual change of mass, Kuhn’s incommensurability thesis, neutral observational basis, scientific revolution, space-time measurement, and the theory-change from Newtonian to Einsteinian physics

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

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 the 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.

Language:

Slovak

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

458-483

Source:

Organon F: filozofický časopis | 2021 Volume:28 | Number:2

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

false