Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Refutation of All Heresies', 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd ed)' and 'Personal Identity and Individuation'

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7 ideas

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

18076

Most theories are continually falsified [Kuhn, by Kitcher]

22191

Kuhn's scientists don't aim to falsifying their paradigm, because that is what they rely on [Kuhn, by Gorham]

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

22183

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]

22184

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]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity

7946	The memory criterion has a problem when one thing branches into two things [Williams,B, by Macdonald,C]