Incomensurabilidade, comparabilidade e objetividade

Authors

  • Claudemir Roque Tossato Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Departamento de Filosofia, Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-31662012000300004

Keywords:

Kuhn, Incommensurability, Comparability, Dynamic of theories, Objectivity, Copernicanism

Abstract

The article aims to show that the term, "incommensurability", used by Kuhn provides, together with the concept of "comparability", conditions for an objective choice between theories. It defends that Kuhn's philosophy is not a relativist. I discuss the notions of incommensurability in the broad sense and of local incommensurability. I make use of an event in the history of astronomy connected with Copernicanism to illustrate that the empirical adequacy allows comparison between locally incommensurable theories.

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Published

2012-01-01

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2012)

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Artigos

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How to Cite

Incomensurabilidade, comparabilidade e objetividade. (2012). Scientiae Studia, 10(3), 489-504. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-31662012000300004