Translation, history of science, and items not on the menu: a response to Susan Carey

Abstract

In “Conceptual Differences Between Children and Adults,” Susan Carey discusses phlogiston theory in order to defend the view that there can be non-translatability between scientific languages. I present an objection to her defence.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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