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Thomas Kuhn Lecture: Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice (1973)

Clerestory (Bryan Kam)

CHAPTER

The Importance of Theory Choice

A number of philosophers have greeted remarks like these in a way that continues to surprise me. Kon believes i am told that the decision of a scientific group to adopt a new paradime cannot be based on good reasons, factual or otherwise. The debates surrounding such choices must, my critics claim, be for me, mere persuasive displays without deliberative substance. Reports of this sort manifest total misunderstanding.

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