6 ideas
12129 | 'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn] |
20921 | How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus] |
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] |
2798 | Probability of H, given evidence E, is prob(H) x prob(E given H) / prob(E) [Horwich] |
2799 | Bayes' theorem explains why very surprising predictions have a higher value as evidence [Horwich] |