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Thomas Kuhn et l’oubli de la pratique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2013

ROBERTO FREGA
ROBERTO FREGA*
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IMM-CEMS, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris
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Abstract

I examine Thomas Kuhn’s work regarding the role played by the concept of practice in the development of his theory of scientific rationality. I outline the epistemological implications of his theory of incommensurability. I then show how the original intuition of a practice-based and social conception of incommensurability is replaced by a more conventional linguistic interpretation. I then examine Kuhn’s solution to the problem of incommensurability and explain its inadequacy. I then show that, ultimately, his failure to grasp the epistemological dimension of practice prevents him from providing a fully satisfactory solution to the epistemological problem raised in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

Cet article examine l’œuvre de Thomas Kuhn au prisme du rôle que joue la notion de pratique dans le développement de sa théorie de la rationalité scientifique. Je commence par exposer les enjeux épistémologiques de la théorie de l’incommensurabilité. Je montre ensuite comment l’intuition originale d’une conception pratique et sociale de l’incommensurabilité en vient à être remplacée par une interprétation linguistique plus conventionnelle. Dans la deuxième partie de l’article, j’examine la solution donnée par Kuhn au problème de l’incommensurabilité et j’en montre l’insuffisance. Je montre ensuite que c’est l’incapacité à penser la dimension épistémologique de la pratique qui empêche Kuhn de donner une solution pleinement satisfaisante au problème épistémologique soulevé par La structure des révolutions scientifiques.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , pp. 421 - 448
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2013 

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