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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

3865	Why should it matter whether or not a theory is scientific? [Newton-Smith]
	Full Idea: Why should it be so important to distinguish between theories that are scientific and those that are not?
	From: W.H. Newton-Smith (The Rationality of Science [1981], IV.3)

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

3866	If theories are really incommensurable, we could believe them all [Newton-Smith]
	Full Idea: If theories are genuinely incommensurable why should I be faced with the problem of choosing between them? Why not believe them all?
	From: W.H. Newton-Smith (The Rationality of Science [1981], VII.1)