5 ideas
12129 | 'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn] |
6809 | Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird] |
12128 | In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn] |
12729 | The cause of a change is not the real influence, but whatever gives a reason for the change [Leibniz] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |