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- Title
The Real Virtue of Friedman's Neo-Kantian Philosophy of Science.
- Authors
Korkut, Buket
- Abstract
Michael Friedman has recently developed a neo-Kantian conception of science as a rival to holistic accounts. According to Friedman, the main virtue of his neo-Kantian philosophy is that it resolves the problem of incommensurability. A close reading of Friedman's work, however, indicates that his account surprisingly accomplishes the opposite of what he believes to have defended. This article will argue that the real virtue of Friedman's neo-Kantian account of scientific theories is not that it resolves the problem of incommensurability but that it provides an elegant philosophical account much needed to substantiate Thomas Kuhn's historical thesis of incommensurability.
- Subjects
FRIEDMAN, Michael; SCIENCE; NEO-Kantianism; THEORY; KUHN, Thomas S., 1922-1996
- Publication
Philosophy of Science, 2011, Vol 78, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0031-8248
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/658092