Are there rival, incommensurable theories?

Philosophy of Science 46 (2):244-262 (1979)
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Following an account of the incommensurability argument, an objection, based on assumptions concerning rival theories, is examined and rejected. This rejection leads to an alternative direction of criticism of incommensurability, a direction that involves the articulation of comparative standards of theory evaluation that are independent of meaning invariance

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