Incommensurability, translation and understanding

Philosophical Quarterly 41 (165):414-426 (1991)
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Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of how it is possible to understand the language of an incommensurable theory. The aim is to defend the idea of translation failure against the objection that it incoherently precludes understanding.

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Howard Sankey
University of Melbourne

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