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Ideas for 'The Rationality of Science', 'Reflections on my Critics' and 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)'

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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]
Why should it matter whether or not a theory is scientific? [Newton-Smith]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability
If theories are really incommensurable, we could believe them all [Newton-Smith]
In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]