Article ID: CBB979754022

Kuhn, Putnam and the Reference (2021)

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In some of his writings, Kuhn criticized Putnam’s causal theory of reference for natural kind terms put forward in his classic paper “The Meaning of ‘Meaning’” claiming that Putnam’s theory cannot explain the reference changes of natural kind terms. After looking into Kuhn’s objections to Putnam’s reference theory, some of the main features of Kuhn’s incommensurability thesis and some traits of Putnam’s later version of his theory, we will argue, on the one hand, that Putnam’s later reference theory contains some components that enhance the explanation of the reference change of natural kind terms, and on the other hand, that Kuhn’s and Putnam’s views on reference do no differ that much, especially in virtue of certain similarities between Kuhn’s incommensurability thesis and Putnam’s thesis of conceptual relativity.

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Authors & Contributors
Mladenovic, Bojana
Antonio Lizzadri
John Erik Hmiel
Seidel, Markus
Luca Sciortino
Borg, George
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Methodology of science; scientific method
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Philosophers of science, modern
Revolutions in science
Development of science; change in science
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
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