@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Duhem,Pierre}, subject = {Explanation}, note = {I XVII Explanation/Duhem: Explanations are reserved for the metaphysicians' claim to knowledge. I 6 If a physical theory is to be an explanation, it has only reached its goal when it has eliminated sense perception and has grasped the physical reality. >Perception, >Prediction. I 40 Explanation/Descartes/DuhemVsDescartes: Descartes has never attempted to connect the law of refraction with his explanatory theory of light.}, note = { Duh I P. Duhem La théorie physique, son objet et sa structure, Paris 1906 German Edition: Ziel und Struktur der physikalischen Theorien Hamburg 1998 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=376401} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=376401} }