Genesis and development of the “medical fact”. Thought style and scientific evidence in the epistemology of Ludwik Fleck

TitleGenesis and development of the “medical fact”. Thought style and scientific evidence in the epistemology of Ludwik Fleck
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsSiwecka, Sofia
JournalDialogues in Philosophy, Mental and Neuro Sciences
Volume4
Issue2
Pagination37-39
Notes'For Fleck, “the incommensurability is not a feature despite which science progresses, albeit in a discontinuous and revolutionary way – as advocated by Kuhn –, but it is a positive characteristic, indicative of the plurality of cognitive approaches – thought styles. A science that does not want to stiffen up in a dogmatic and hierarchical thought collective as that of religion must therefore be open to the incommensurability and to the plurality of thought styles, which provide a “free and more human science”. A science that does not take into account the influence of the thought style cannot indeed claim to be considered rational” \n - Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn'
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