词汇系统、真理和不可通约性——库恩的“结构之后的路”

Lexicon,Truth and Incommensurability——Kuhn's Road Since Structure

不可通约性是库恩科学哲学思想的一个核心论题,同时也招致相当多的误解和责难。库恩在《科学革命的结构》发表之后就一直致力于该论题的阐明和澄清。从视觉格式塔和语言使用过程中的意义变化,到局部不可通约性,再到词汇系统或者分类学范畴,库恩联系知识进化与生物进化的共时性类比等问题,对于不可通约性进行深入的分析,并结合对真理符合论的批评,提出一种新的真理观。“结构之后的路”实际上就是库恩努力澄清不可通约性论题之路。

Incommensurability is central thesis in T. S. Kuhn＇s writings of philosophy of science, and it has been criticized by many scholars. After publishing The Structure of Scientific Revolution, Kuhn had to exert much effort to clarify this thesis. He developed from vision gestalt, meaning - change in using of language, to local incommensurability, finally the lexicon ,or taxonomic categories. Paralleling the development of knowledge with biological evolution, he argued for a new version of truth theory. Indeed, the road Since structure Kuhn took is the path to a clearer understanding of incommensurability.