Supplying Planks for Neurath's Boat: Can Economists Meet the Demands of the Dynamics of Scientific Theories?
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In unified science we try ... to create a consistent system of protocol statements and non-protocol statements (including laws). When a new statement is presented to us we compare it with the system at our disposal and check whether the new statement is in contradiction with the system or not. If the new statement is in contradiction with the system, we can discard this statement as unusable ('false'), for example, the statement: 'In Africa lions sing only in major chords'; however, one can also 'accept' the statement and change the system accordingly so that it remains consistent if this statement is added. The statement may then be called 'true'. The fate of being discarded may befall even a protocol statement. There is no 'noli me tangere' for any statement though Carnap claims it for protocol statements (Neurath 1932/33, pp. 94-95)
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