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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Autor principal: Melogno, Pablo
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Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2021
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Thomas Kuhn
revolución química
oxígeno
inconmensurabilidad
chemical revolution
oxygen
incommensurability
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/afjor/article/view/30639
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Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R341-article-306392025-01-01T15:10:44Z Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal El cambio perceptual en la revolución química: Una revisión crítica Melogno, Pablo Thomas Kuhn revolución química oxígeno inconmensurabilidad Thomas Kuhn chemical revolution oxygen incommensurability 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. Mi propósito es defender que la noción de cambio perceptual empleada por Thomas Kuhn para explicar el cambio científico no resulta eficaz en el caso del descubrimiento del oxígeno. La perspectiva de Kuhn asigna un rol central a la percepción en la revolución química y postula un alto grado de discontinuidad entre los procedimientos experimentales asociados al descubrimiento del oxígeno y los que desarrollaban los químicos del flogisto. En oposición a esto, buscaré mostrar que la percepción no jugó un papel relevante en el debate Priestley-Lavoisier, y que existe un grado significativo de continuidad entre las prácticas químicas previas y posteriores al descubrimiento del oxígeno. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2021-06-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/afjor/article/view/30639 10.61377/ehc.30639 Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021): Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; 64-81 Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; Vol. 5 Núm. 2 (2021): Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; 64-81 Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; v. 5 n. 2 (2021): Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia; 64-81 2525-1198 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/afjor/article/view/30639/33768 Derechos de autor 2021 Epistemología e Historia de la Ciencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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topic Thomas Kuhn
revolución química
oxígeno
inconmensurabilidad
Thomas Kuhn
chemical revolution
oxygen
incommensurability
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revolución química
oxígeno
inconmensurabilidad
Thomas Kuhn
chemical revolution
oxygen
incommensurability
Melogno, Pablo
Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal
topic_facet Thomas Kuhn
revolución química
oxígeno
inconmensurabilidad
Thomas Kuhn
chemical revolution
oxygen
incommensurability
author Melogno, Pablo
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title Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal
title_short Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal
title_full Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal
title_fullStr Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal
title_full_unstemmed Perceptual Change in the Chemical Revolution: A Critical Appraisal
title_sort perceptual change in the chemical revolution: a critical appraisal
description 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.
publisher Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
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