Scerri, Eric (2022) A new response to Wray and an attempt to widen the conversation,. Substantia, 7 (1). pp. 35-43.
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This article begins by examining a recent claim by Brad Wray that the dis-covery of atomic number and isotopy constitutes a scientific revolution in the sense of the later writings of Thomas Kuhn. I argue that although Kuhn’s criteria may apply to the change from the Ptolemaic to the Copernican model of the universe, they do not apply in the above chemical or atomic case. I also examine the wider issue of Kuhn’s turning away from internal scientific issues to a consideration of lexical issues. I con-clude, as others have done before me, that this may have been a wrong turn in view of the emphasis being placed on questions of sense rather than reference.
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| Keywords: | Kuhn, scientific revolution, periodic table, atomic number, natural kinds, sense and reference, isotopes | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Natural Kinds Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Science Education General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Depositing User: | Eric Scerri | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2025 13:54 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2025 13:54 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 24471 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Substantia | ||||||
| Publisher: | Firenze University Press | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1806 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1806 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Natural Kinds Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Science Education General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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| Date: | 2022 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 35-43 | ||||||
| Volume: | 7 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24471 |
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