Phenomenal Worlds and Scientific Lexicons: Thomas Kuhn’s Linguistic Relativism

  • Juan Vicente Mayoral de Lucas Departamento de Filosofía Universidad de Zaragoza
Keywords: Kuhn, pesimism, optimism, lexicon, effability, pluralism, relativism.

Abstract

Thomas Kuhn’s relativistic position is usually expounded in terms of its subjectivist and irrationalist consequences and, accordingly, as a contribution to anti-scientificism. This paper explains his pluralism in semantics and ontology and shows in it a kind of relativism from which those consequences do not follow. It is also argued that, despite that, this version does not converge to empiricism or scientific realism.

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Published
2017-03-10
How to Cite
Mayoral de Lucas J. V. (2017). Phenomenal Worlds and Scientific Lexicons: Thomas Kuhn’s Linguistic Relativism. Revista de Filosofía , 42(1), 117-134. https://doi.org/10.5209/RESF.55452
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