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This article is from Chapter 6 of my (tentatively entitled) Wittgenstein and Scientific Knowledge, to be published by Basic Books (1975). The criticisms and comments of the following have been useful in my revisions of an earlier draft of this essay: Herman Warringa, Nil Disco, Wouter van Rossum, and Helga Nowotny.
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Phillips, D.L. Paradigms and incommensurability. Theor Soc 2, 37–61 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00212727
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