I. Epistemological Relativism in its Latest Form

Harvey Siegel

doi:10.1080/00201748008601893

I. Epistemological Relativism in its Latest Form

Harvey Siegel

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Gerald Doppelt’s recent ‘Kuhn’s Epistemological Relativism: An Interpretation and Defense’ (Inquiry, Vol. 21 [1978], pp 33-86) offers a reconstruction of Thomas Kuhn’s views concerning theory choice in science in which Kuhn’s ‘incommensurability thesis’, and his epistemological relativism, are defended. It is argued that Doppelt’s reconstruction fails to provide an adequate defense, and that both Kuhn’s incommensurability thesis, and his epistemological relativism, as reconstructed by Doppelt, remain philosophically unacceptable.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	107-123
Number of pages	17
Journal	Inquiry (United Kingdom)
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00201748008601893
State	Published - Mar 1980
Externally published	Yes

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