1986
DOI: 10.1002/bewi.19860090207
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Das Problem der “entscheidenden Experimente”

Abstract: Summary:In this historical essay an attempt is made to discuss the problem of decisive experiments both from the point of view of History of Science and of Philosophy of Science. The first part deals with Francis Bacon's idea of instantiue cruczs and with the use of the term experimenturn crucis mainly in optics. With respect to the experimental confirmation of Maxwell's electrodynamics the Duhem-Quine Thesis is discussed.Duhem had argued that not a single hypothesis but only a complete theory is examined by e… Show more

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