Incommensurability, types of phenomena and relevant incompatibility (part I)

Resumen: This is the first part of a three-part paper on incommensurability. Although incommensurability between theories has been object of study during many years, there does not seem to be a clear consensus regarding the notion of meaning according to which it should be characterised. Based on th...

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Autor principal:	Céspedes,Esteban
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. 2018
Materias:	incommensurability sense reference phenomenon type scientific realism
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description	Resumen: This is the first part of a three-part paper on incommensurability. Although incommensurability between theories has been object of study during many years, there does not seem to be a clear consensus regarding the notion of meaning according to which it should be characterised. Based on the notion of incommensurability proposed here, the common ground between incommensurable theories is neither determined by the sense nor by the reference of the relevant terms, but by a given phenomenon type, which fixes the subject matter of inquiry. Phenomenon types are understood as expressions that are associated with some phenomenon and describable or understandable in some language. In this proposal, two theories can refer to a same phenomenon type even if they are mutually incommensurable about the concepts used in them to grasp it. This possibility may serve as a way of fixing the subject matter of an investigation and, thus, to characterise the common ground between incommensurable paths of inquiry.
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title	Incommensurability, types of phenomena and relevant incompatibility (part I)
title_short	Incommensurability, types of phenomena and relevant incompatibility (part I)
title_full	Incommensurability, types of phenomena and relevant incompatibility (part I)
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title_full_unstemmed	Incommensurability, types of phenomena and relevant incompatibility (part I)
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Incommensurability, types of phenomena and relevant incompatibility (part I)

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