Opening the door to cloud-cuckoo-land: Hempel and Kuhn on rationality
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| Creator | George, Alexander (Department of Philosophy, Amherst College) |
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| Title | Opening the door to cloud-cuckoo-land: Hempel and Kuhn on rationality |
| Abstract | A reading is offered of Carl Hempel’s and Thomas Kuhn’s positions on, and disagreements about, rationality in science that relates these issues to the debate between W.V. Quine and Rudolf Carnap on the analytic/synthetic distinction. |
| Journal Title | Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy |
| Publication Date | January 1, 2012 |
| Identifier (DOI) | http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/jhap.v1i4.1301 |
| Citation | George, Alexander, "Opening the Door to Cloud-Cuckoo-Land: Hempel and Kuhn on Rationality." Journal of the History of Analytical Philosophy 1.4 (2012): 1-17. |
| Languages | English |
| Genre | Article |
| Subject | Kuhn, Thomas S. |
| Subject | Hempel, Carl G. (Carl Gustav), 1905-1997 |
| Subject | Analysis (Philosophy) |
| Subject | Science--Philosophy |
| Subject | Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970 |
| Subject | Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman) |
| Part of | The Amherst College Octagon |
| Repository | The Amherst College Octagon |
| Access and Use | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license (CC BY NC ND 4.0) |