
To Save the Phenomena: An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo - Paperback
To Save the Phenomena: An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo - Paperback
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by Pierre Duhem (Author)
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.
Author Biography
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a mathematical physicist, was among the founders of philosophy of science as an aspect of intellectual history.



















