In ethics , two value s (or norms , reasons , or goods ) are
incommensurable when they do not share a common standard of measurement.
Kaynak: Commensurability (ethics)When the ratio of lengths of two line segments is irrational, the line segments are also described as being
incommensurable , meaning they
Kaynak: Irrational numberKuhn's work attempts to show that
incommensurable paradigms can be rationally compared by revealing the compatibility of attribute lists
Kaynak: Rhetoric of scienceCompeting paradigms are frequently
incommensurable ; that is, they are competing accounts of reality which cannot be coherently reconciled
Kaynak: Thomas KuhnUnlike a normal scientist, Kuhn held, "a student in the humanities has constantly before him a number of competing and
incommensurableKaynak: Paradigm shiftIn addition, value-pluralism postulates that in many cases, such incompatible values may be
incommensurable , in the sense that there is
Kaynak: Value pluralismTheodorus had explored the theory of
incommensurable quantities, and Theaetetus continued those studies with great enthusiasm;
Kaynak: Theaetetus (mathematician)to the apparent differences between items which are popularly thought to be incomparable or
incommensurable , such as apple s and orange s.
Kaynak: Apples and orangesin rough terms the type of motion executed by a dynamical system containing a finite number (two or more) of
incommensurable frequencies.
Kaynak: Quasiperiodic motionIn other words, "those who subscribe to alternative,
incommensurable paradigms are bound to a degree to talk past each other(italics and
Kaynak: Talking past each other