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Incomparability

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Incompatibility is also translated as incommensurability. Philosophical terms of science. American Kuhn proposed. He believes that because the new and old paradigms are fundamentally opposite and incompatible, the problem of "choosing" between competing paradigms cannot be solved by logic and experiment alone, so the new and old paradigms or competing theories cannot be compared. First, supporters of competing paradigms have different views on what problems the new paradigm should solve, and their definitions and evaluation standards of science are different. Secondly, paradigm transformation is the transformation of concepts, the transformation of the whole concept network and re implementation to the whole nature. Third, supporters of competing paradigms work in different worlds and see different things from the same direction for the same problem. This is the most basic aspect of incompatibility. Kuhn believes that the incompatibility of paradigms makes scientific revolution There is no objective progress between the former and the latter paradigms. Scientific progress is just the self-evaluation of the winners in the paradigm competition by virtue of their advantageous position. Feyerabend further supplemented and developed this concept. [1]
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Incomparability
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He summarized from relevant anthropological materials that: (1) there is an incomparable structure of thought (action, perception). (2) Scientists differ from each other in their views on basic issues, just like different ideologies, which are the basis of various cultures. On the surface, they discuss the same subject matter, but in fact, they cannot be compared. The choice between incomparable theories does not depend on the so-called Judgmental experiment They are refuted only according to their own experience. There is no common language and the same observation between them, and there is no fact that they are neutral to all theories.