Philosophy of Science

World Change as Paradigms Taxonomic Structure Change

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Rahman Sharifzadeh 1
Parvin Badri 2

1 Ph.D Student in Philosophy of Science and Technology, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies,

2 Graduated in Philosophy, Allameh University,

Abstract
Kuhn’s world change claim has some problems; whether this change is an objective change (change in the world itself) or a subjective one (change in the mind)? Does objective ‘world change’ conform to the stability of sense stimulus? Whether subjective change is compatible with the incommensurability of perceptions of rival paradigms? Kuhn through his Darwinian- Kantian framework argues for the priori conditions of world perceiving and changing. As we will see, these conditions are the taxonomic structure of paradigms. We will argue that Kuhn can speak of the change of world itself in a commonsensical manner.

Keywords

World change
incommensurability
Kuhn
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Philosophy of Science
Volume 4, Issue 7 - Serial Number 7
October 2014
Pages 139-155

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