To Save the Phenomena: An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo
Duhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more specifically, between astronomy and physics-an issue still of importance today. He critiques the answers given by Greek thought, Arabic science, medieval Christian scholasticism, and, finally, the astronomers of the Renaissance.
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To Save the Phenomena: An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo
Duhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more specifically, between astronomy and physics-an issue still of importance today. He critiques the answers given by Greek thought, Arabic science, medieval Christian scholasticism, and, finally, the astronomers of the Renaissance.
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To Save the Phenomena: An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo
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ISBN-13: | 9780226169217 |
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Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Publication date: | 10/01/2015 |
Series: | Midway Reprint Ser. |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 152 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
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