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2 - Approaches to Inconsistency in the Philosophy of Science

from Part I - The State of the Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2022

András Kertész  and
Csilla Rákosi
András Kertész
Affiliation:
Debreceni Egyetem, Hungary
Csilla Rákosi
Affiliation:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Summary

This chapter outlines the ways in which the philosophy of science handles the problem of inconsistency in scientific theorising. After raising this problem in ,will summarise the standard view of inconsistency in the analytical philosophy of science (SVI). In , we will touch on the break with the standard view of inconsistency in the analytical philosophy of science as initiated by Kuhn and continued by Lakatos and Laudan.will discuss the most recent trends that re-evaluate the emergence and the presence of inconsistencies in scientific theorising.will draw the conclusions that serve as guidelines for the next steps of our train of thought.

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analytical philosophy of scienceinconsistencyKuhnLakatosLaudanNicklesPopper
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Inconsistency in Linguistic Theorising , pp. 9 - 29
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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