Regt, H.W. de

language incommensurability argument davidson theory science incommensurability thesis evidence scheme thesis scienti meaning philosophy university press objection douven scienti c progress untranslatable claim untranslatability notion noise translation reason position principle premise cambridge realism contextual historian quine scienti c theories interpretation holism possibility feyerabend noises /inscriptions something failure proponent existence scienti c realism conclusion article progress truth oxford section response translation failure contextual clues contextual factors incommensurable meaning holism reference translatable realist untranslatable language meaning incommensurability anthropologist problem newtonian utterance interpreter world putnam inscription course sentence /inscription harvard university press “ mass ” oxford university press speaker other instance reality cluster