Have incommensurability and causal theory of reference anything to do with actual science?—Incommensurability, no; causal theory, yes

Abstract

I propose to support these replies with actual episodes in late nineteenth and twentieth century physics. The historical record reveals that meaning does change but not in the Kuhnian manner which is tied to descriptive theories of meaning. A necessary part of this discussion is commentary on realist versus antirealist conceptions of science.