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Kuhn on incommensurability and theory choice

机译：库恩关于不可通约性和理论选择

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The incommensurability of two theories seems to problematize theory comparisons, which allow for the selection of the better of the two theories. If so, it becomes puzzling how the quality of theories can improve with time, i.e. how science can progress across changes in incommensurable theories. I argue that in papers published in the 1990s, Kuhn provided a novel way to resolve this apparent tension between incommensurability and scientific progress. He put forward an account of their compatibility which worked not by downplaying the negative consequences of incommensurability but instead by allowing them to reach their natural end: a process of specialisation. This development in Kuhn's thought has yet to be properly recorded but it is also interesting in its own right. It shows how a robust version of incommensurability-one which really does have severe negative consequences for scientists' capacity to perform comparative evaluations of incommensurable theories-need make no puzzle of the progress of science.
机译：两种理论的不可通约性似乎使理论比较成为问题，这允许选择两种理论中较好的一种。如果是这样，那么令人费解的是理论质量如何随着时间而提高，即科学如何在无与伦比的理论变化中前进。我认为，在1990年代发表的论文中，库恩提供了解决这种不可通约性与科学进步之间这种明显张力的新颖方法。他提出了它们的兼容性的说明，其作用不是通过淡化不可通约性的负面影响，而是通过允许它们达到其自然目的：专业化过程。库恩思想的这种发展尚未得到适当记录，但它本身也很有趣。它显示了不可通约性的强大版本（确实对科学家对不可通约理论进行比较评估的能力确实产生了严重的负面影响）是如何使科学进步毫无疑问的。

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