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Incommensurability: non-comparability. Expression by Thomas Kuhn (Th. Kuhn, The structure of scientific revolutions, 1962). Kuhn argues that scientific theories which are replaced in the course of time use terms which are altered in their meaning, and therefore make a comparison of, e.g. measurement results impossible and thus also a comparison of statements. _____________ Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
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Hempel, C.   Books on Amazon	Incommensurability	Feyerabend I 330 Inkommensurabilität/Feyerabend: der Sinn von Sätzen wird nur unvollständig verstanden. Hempel: will Inkommensurabilität nur anerkennen, nachdem der dabei verwendete Begriff des Sinnes erklärt ist. _____________ Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution.	C.G. Hempel I Hempel Zur Wahrheitstheorie des logischen Positivismus aus Wahrheitsheorien Hrsg. Skirbekk Frankfurt/M 1996 II Hempel Probleme und Modifikationen des empiristischen Sinnkriteriums aus Sinnreich (Hg) Philosophie der idealen Sprache, München 1982 II (b) Hempel Der Begriff der kognitiven Signifikanz: eine erneute Betrachtung (1951) aus Sinnreich (Hg) Philosophie der idealen Sprache, München 1982 Fe I P. Feyerabend Wider den Methodenzwang Frankfurt 1997 Fe II P. Feyerabend Erkenntnis für freie Menschen Frankfurt 1979

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