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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

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Switching scientific paradigms is a conversion experience [Kuhn]

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

6162	Kuhn has a description theory of reference, so the reference of 'electron' changes with the descriptions [Rowlands on Kuhn]

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Incommensurability assumes concepts get their meaning from within the theory [Kuhn, by Okasha]

7619	Galileo's notions can't be 'incommensurable' if we can fully describe them [Putnam on Kuhn]