• Psychological medicine · May 1984

    The Popper/Kuhn debate: truth and two faces of relativism.

    • M A Notturno.
    • Psychol Med. 1984 May 1; 14 (2): 273-89.

    AbstractThis paper argues: (1) that analysis of the issues upon which Popper and Kuhn have been thought to differ - the possibility of conclusive falsification, the incommensurability of theories, and the existence of normal science - reveals no appreciable difference at all; (2) that the basic point of disagreement concerns the role of truth in scientific inquiry, i.e. whether or not truth should be considered the regulative ideal of science; (3) that confusion concerning these issues results from a paradigm shift in epistemology; and (4) that Popper's epistemology proves more attractive than Kuhn's for unification in psychology.

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