La Théorie physique¶
Duhem, P. (1906). La Théorie physique: son objet et sa structure. The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory.
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- Assumption
- In empirical science, background theory and instrument calibration are auxiliary assumptions of any experiment, and the holistic character of testing means a failed test can indict the auxiliaries rather than the hypothesis.
This sourceArgues that an experimental test confronts a hypothesis only together with its auxiliary assumptions, so a failed test may indict the auxiliaries (the Duhem thesis).
- In empirical science, background theory and instrument calibration are auxiliary assumptions of any experiment, and the holistic character of testing means a failed test can indict the auxiliaries rather than the hypothesis.
- Unfalsifiability
- This is the standard Duhem–Quine point, and it means some revision of auxiliaries is always logically available and frequently correct.
This sourceArgues that an experiment can never condemn an isolated hypothesis but only the whole theoretical group, so an adverse result licenses rejecting the conjunction without designating which conjunct is at fault; Duhem confined the thesis to physics and Quine later generalised it.
- This is the standard Duhem–Quine point, and it means some revision of auxiliaries is always logically available and frequently correct.
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