@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
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