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Meta-incommensurability Revisited

Title
Meta-incommensurability Revisited
Authors
Cheon, Hyundeuk
Ewha Authors
천현득
SCOPUS Author ID
천현득scopus
Issue Date
2014
Journal Title
THEORIA-REVISTA DE TEORIA HISTORIA Y FUNDAMENTOS DE LA CIENCIA
ISSN
0495-4548JCR Link
Citation
THEORIA-REVISTA DE TEORIA HISTORIA Y FUNDAMENTOS DE LA CIENCIA vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 243 - 259
Keywords
incommensurabilitymeta-incommensurabilityscientific realismSankeyHoyningen-Huenetoken-referential overlap
Publisher
SERVICIO EDITORIAL UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO
Indexed
AHCI; SCOPUS WOS
Document Type
Article
Abstract
A popular rejoinder to the potential threat that incommensurability might pose to scientific realism has been the referential response: despite meaning variance, there can be referential continuity, which is sufficient for rational theory choice. This response has been charged with meta-incommensurability, according to which it begs the question by assuming a realist metaphysics. However, realists take it to be a rhetorical device that hinders productive discussion. By reconstructing the debate, this paper aims to demonstrate two things. First, there are unexpected commonalities between realists and non-realists, meaning that the charge of meta-incommensurability is more or less exaggerated. Second, meta-incommensurability, which is to be found in the ways to make sense of referential overlap at the token level, still plays a role in the realism debate.
DOI
10.1387/theoria.7125
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