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Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (10 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) French physicist and philosopher of science. Duhem adopted an instrumentalist view of science. He gave his title to the Quine-Duhem thesis, which holds that for any given set of observations there are an innumerably heavy total of explanations. So empirical grounds to believe just can not click the revision of a theory. He farther found that the failure of the theory to produce exact predictions implies the failure of the theory as a whole, non of a particular a portion. These views were late adopted by W. V. Quine. He is likewise known for very much operate on the history of science in the Mediaeval time. This revolved virtually all about a time period around Europe from either 1200 to the Reformation. This related to his hard Catholic faith.
Bibliography Les théories first state la chaleur (1895) ''Le mixte et la combinaison chimique. Essai tyre l'évolution 500'une idée (1902) Fifty'évolution delaware la mécanique (1902) Les origines first state la statique (1903) Sozein ta phainomena. Essai tyre la Notion first state Théorie physique delaware Platon à Galilée (1908) Traité first state 50'énergétique (1911)
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Pierre Duhem Biography with extensive bibliography, from the MacTutor History of Mathematics. Compiled by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson. The Passion of Pierre Duhem Essay by Ernest Brown on Duhem's discovery of the medieval roots of general dynamics, and the conspiracy of silence which followed. Pierre Duhem Notes from David Huron's reading of this philosopher's The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory. Motivational Realism: The Natural Classification for Pierre Duhem Paper from 2002 by Karen Merikangas Darling, addressing the conflict between realist and anti-realist readings of Duhem. Full text available in Microsoft Word format. Pierre de Maricourt Article on this 13th-century theorist of optics and magnetism, written by Duhem for the Catholic Encyclopedia. Nicole Oresme Article on this 14th-century critic of Aristotelianism, written by Duhem for the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
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