The intelligibility objection against underdetermination

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Autor(a) principal: Severo, Rogério Passos
Data de Publicação: 2012
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Principia (Florianópolis. Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2012v16n1p121
Resumo: One of the objections against the thesis of underdetermination of theories by observations is that it is unintelligible. Any two empirically equivalent theories — so the argument goes—are in principle intertranslatable, hence cannot count as rivals in any non-trivial sense. Against that objection, this paper shows that empirically equivalent theories may contain theoretical sentences that are not intertranslatable. Examples are drawn from a related discussion about incommensurability that shows that theoretical non-intertranslatability is possible.
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spelling The intelligibility objection against underdeterminationThe intelligibility objection against underdeterminationOne of the objections against the thesis of underdetermination of theories by observations is that it is unintelligible. Any two empirically equivalent theories — so the argument goes—are in principle intertranslatable, hence cannot count as rivals in any non-trivial sense. Against that objection, this paper shows that empirically equivalent theories may contain theoretical sentences that are not intertranslatable. Examples are drawn from a related discussion about incommensurability that shows that theoretical non-intertranslatability is possible. Uma das objeções à tese da subdeteminação de teorias pelas observações consiste em dizer que é ininteligível. Duas teorias empiricamente equivalentes quaisquer — diz a objeção— seriam em princípio intertraduzíveis, e por isso não poderiam ser consideradas rivais em nenhum sentido não trivial. Contra essa objeção, este artigo mostra que teorias empiricamente equivalentes podem conter frases teóricas que não são intertraduzíveis. Exemplos são extraídos de uma discussão relacionada a esta sobre incomensurabilidade, para mostrar que a não-intertraduzibilidade de frases teóricas é possível.Federal University of Santa Catarina – UFSC2012-08-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2012v16n1p12110.5007/1808-1711.2012v16n1p121Principia: an international journal of epistemology; Vol. 16 No. 1 (2012); 121-146Principia: an international journal of epistemology; Vol. 16 Núm. 1 (2012); 121-146Principia: an international journal of epistemology; v. 16 n. 1 (2012); 121-1461808-17111414-4247reponame:Principia (Florianópolis. Online)instname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCporhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2012v16n1p121/22775Copyright (c) 2021 Rogério Passos Severoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSevero, Rogério Passos2019-09-12T11:44:15Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/21753Revistahttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principiaPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/oaiprincipia@contato.ufsc.br||principia@contato.ufsc.br1808-17111414-4247opendoar:2019-09-12T11:44:15Principia (Florianópolis. Online) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false
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description One of the objections against the thesis of underdetermination of theories by observations is that it is unintelligible. Any two empirically equivalent theories — so the argument goes—are in principle intertranslatable, hence cannot count as rivals in any non-trivial sense. Against that objection, this paper shows that empirically equivalent theories may contain theoretical sentences that are not intertranslatable. Examples are drawn from a related discussion about incommensurability that shows that theoretical non-intertranslatability is possible.
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