Naturalizing Kuhn

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 105 (1):99–117 (2005)
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I argue that the naturalism of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which he himself later ignored, is worthy of rehabilitation. A naturalistic conception of paradigms is ripe for development with the tools of cognitive science. As a consequence a naturalistic understanding of world-change and incommensurability is also viable.

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Alexander James Bird
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Specialisation, Interdisciplinarity, and Incommensurability.Vincenzo Politi - 2017 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 31 (3):301-317.
The philosophy of history of science of Thomas Kuhn.Alexander Bird - 2012 - Discusiones Filosóficas 13 (21):167 - 185.

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