From: "John McCaffrey" <mrmccaffrey96-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: PKF: new subject lines please!
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 04:01:25 +0000



> 

>Thanks for helping me out. I think the term I was 

>trying to think of is "theoretical 

>incommensurability." Our observation of the facts is 

>theory-laden; we see the facts we are looking for, and 

>interpret them in the light of our theories. I think 

>this is closer to Feyerabend's thinking than it is to 

>KRP's notion of "verisimilitude," which seems more 

>theory-neutral. 

> 


I think it's probably less confusing to say that the 'facts' are not 'interpreted in the light of our theories', nor are they 'theory laden' - but rather, that they ARE simply theory. If there are 'theory-independent facts' we certainly cannot talk about them 'as they are'....However, despite the 'fact' that I think this is less confusing, I wouldn't begin to presume that even THIS interpretation is closer to Feyerabend's thinking.

John



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