- an
irrational number, the line
segments are also
described as
being incommensurable,
meaning that they
share no "measure" in common, that is,
there is...
-
which one is more
valid or useful. On the
other hand,
theories are
incommensurable if they are
embedded in
starkly contrasting conceptual frameworks whose...
- Look up commensurability, commensurable, commensurate,
incommensurability, or
incommensurable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Two
concepts or things...
-
their ratio a/b is a
rational number;
otherwise a and b are
called incommensurable. (Recall that a
rational number is one that is
equivalent to the ratio...
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realization of a
length incommensurable with the unit, such as √2, √3, √5 . For more detail, see
Quadratic irrational.
Incommensurable lengths conflicted with...
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succeeding a
paradigm shift are so
different that
their theories are
incommensurable—the new
paradigm cannot be
proven or
disproven by the
rules of the...
- simultaneously.) This is
significant in
relation to the
issue of
incommensurability (see below). An
example of a
currently accepted paradigm would be...
- Goldstein,
Bruce Evan (September 2007). "The ****ility of Reason:
Incommensurable Differences Between Sustainability Narratives in the
Aftermath of the...
-
another or
rationally evaluated against one another—that they are
incommensurable. This gave rise to much talk of
different peoples and
cultures having...
-
outlines his
theory of
incommensurability. His
theory appears in the same year as
Thomas Kuhn's
discussion of
incommensurability in The
Structure of Scientific...
