Abstract
Kuhn’s talk of “world change through revolutions” has mostly been met with perplexity. What is it really that Kuhn wants to express in this strange way? I will first review what Kuhn exactly says on this topic. Next, I show that the world change talk is at least not inconsistent and has some initial plausibility. Then I will discuss whether “world change through revolutions” should be replaced by “change of world view”. This will show that “world change through revolutions” is motivated by a strictly non-presentist historiographic stance. However, Kuhn’s intended message can also be expressed in a philosophically much less provocative way.
| Original language | German |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 55-72 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Ėpistemologija i filosofija nauki (Epistemology and Philosophy of Science) |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- hypotheses becoming facts
- non-presentist historiography
- scientific revolutions
- Thomas Kuhn
- world change
- world view change
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Education
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Philosophy
- General Arts and Humanities
- History and Philosophy of Science
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