Abstract

The different problems raised by the terminology “world change” in comparison with “worldview change” in Kuhn’s thesis was a tidal wave reaching the metaphysical shores, as Paul Hoyningen-Huene has addressed in his chapter “The Plausibility of Thomas Kuhn’s Metaphysics”. Here I present two concerns as we continue unpacking the topics Hoyningen-Huene has already been dealing with. First, I will address the problem of talking about the world from a non-conceptualized framework. This approach has a corresponding second level problem when talking about the scientists’ way of talking about the world. Second, we will examine a way in which world change can be conceived that leaves some features at least partially untouched. This perspective will enable us to estimate how many things have changed and see what others have not, through the lens of a mid-scale conceptualized framework. I will show that this conception is compatible with the Kuhn’s position on dealing with “worldview change” versus “world change”, and with Hoyningen-Huene’s readings on this topic.