Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal
My aim is to argue that the notion of a perceptual change employed by Thomas Kuhn in order to explain scientific change is not effective in explaining the discovery of oxygen. Kuhn's perspective gives a central role to perception in the chemical revolution and postulates a high degree of discon...
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Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/afjor/article/view/30639 |
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| Sumario: | My aim is to argue that the notion of a perceptual change employed by Thomas Kuhn in order to explain scientific change is not effective in explaining the discovery of oxygen. Kuhn's perspective gives a central role to perception in the chemical revolution and postulates a high degree of discontinuity between the experimental procedures associated with the discovery of oxygen and those developed by phlogiston chemists. In opposition to this, I will seek to show that perception did not play a relevant role in the Priestley-Lavoisier debate, and that there is a significant degree of continuity between chemical practices before and after the discovery of oxygen. |
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