7 ideas
1489 | Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel] |
18261 | A simplification which is complete constitutes a definition [Kant] |
12129 | 'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn] |
22275 | Logic gives us the necessary rules which show us how we ought to think [Kant] |
18260 | If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant] |
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] |