And here's Kuhn denying there is such thing as progress short of finding an ultimate, final, perfect truth: There is another step, or kind of step, which many

And here's Kuhn denying there is such thing as progress short of finding an ultimate, final, perfect truth: There is another step, or kind of step, which many philosophers of science wish to take and which I refuse. They wish, that is, to compare theories as representations of nature, as statements about 'what is really out there'. Granting that neither theory of a historical pair is true, they nonetheless seek a sense in which the latter is a better approximation to the truth. I believe nothing of that sort can be found. On the other hand, I no longer feel that anything is lost, least of all the ability to explain scientific progress, by taking this position. Source: http://ejap.louisiana.edu/EJAP/1994.may/mcgrew.html http://ejap.louisiana.edu/EJAP/1994.may/mcgrew.html