Ideas from 'Reflections on my Critics' by Thomas S. Kuhn [1970], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge' (ed/tr Lakatos,I. /Musgrave,A.) [CUP 1974,0-521-09623-5]].
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth
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'Truth' may only apply within a theory
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Bird]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability
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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable
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