Kuhn on Reference and Essence

Kuhn’s incommensurability thesis seems to challenge scientific realism. One response to that challenge is to focus on the continuity of reference. The causal theory of reference in particular seems to offer the possibility of continuity of reference that would provide a basis for the sort of compara...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander Bird
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2004-05-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/588