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Reduction and Progress

Science appears to progress when one theory is absorbed by or reduced to another. According to the positivists, bridge principles allow the reduced theory to be derived from the reducing theory. But Kuhn and Feyerabend hold that many such cases are more like replacements of one theory by another.

English
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Created December 23, 2023 by
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