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Was Thomas Kuhn an absolutist or relativist? Why?

April 26, 2017absolutist Arts Humanities philosophy relativist thomas kuhn

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Was Thomas Kuhn an absolutist or relativist? Why?

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If you have read my previous answer on him, you will probably realize he was more of a relativist than anything else. What science we are able to make should be measured against our mathematical apparatuses to save phenomena, not the truth itself, which kind of falls into some kind of mysticism if you like. Kuhn believed truth was not a mater of science but philosophy, so he was a relativist.