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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

5940	Two goods may be comparable, although they are not commensurable [Ross]
	Full Idea: It may be that two orders or classes of good things are not commensurable, though they are comparable, with those in the other.
	From: W. David Ross (The Right and the Good [1930], §VI)
	A reaction: This refers to moral issues, but seems helpful when faced with Kuhn's claim that Newton and Einstein are 'incommensurable'. We could hardly prefer one theory to another if we couldn't compare them.