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The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory
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Author(s):
Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem
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August 18 2021
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Princeton University Press
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9780691233857
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December 31 1954
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August 18 2021
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10.1515/9780691233857
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Book chapters
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. i
Front Matter
pp. v
Foreword
pp. v
FOREWORD
pp. xv
Introduction
pp. xv
Introduction to the 1991 Edition
pp. xxxiv
AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
pp. xxxiv
Author's Preface to the Second Edition
pp. xxxv
Contents
pp. xxxv
Table of Contents
pp. 1
Introduction
pp. 3
Introduction
pp. 7
Chapter I. Physical Theory and Metaphysical Explanation
pp. 7
PHYSICAL THEORY AND METAPHYSICAL EXPLANATION
pp. 19
Chapter II. Physical Theory and Natural Classification
pp. 19
PHYSICAL THEORY AND NATURAL CLASSIFICATION
pp. 31
REPRESENTATIVE THEORIES AND THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS
pp. 31
Chapter III. Representative Theories and the History of Physics
pp. 55
ABSTRACT THEORIES AND MECHANICAL MODELS
pp. 55
Chapter IV. Abstract Theories and Mechanical Models
pp. 107
Chapter I. Quantity and Quality
pp. 107
QUANTITY AND QUALITY
pp. 121
PRIMARY QUALITIES
pp. 121
Chapter II. Primary Qualities
pp. 132
Chapter III. Mathematical Deduction and Physical Theory
pp. 132
MATHEMATICAL DEDUCTION AND PHYSICAL THEORY
pp. 144
EXPERIMENT IN PHYSICS
pp. 144
Chapter IV. Experiment in Physics
pp. 165
Chapter V. Physical Law
pp. 165
PHYSICAL LAW
pp. 180
PHYSICAL THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
pp. 180
Chapter VI. Physical Theory and Experiment
pp. 219
Chapter VII. The Choice of Hypotheses
pp. 219
THE CHOICE OF HYPOTHESES
pp. 273
Physics of a Believer
pp. 273
PHYSICS OF A BELIEVER
pp. 312
THE VALUE OF PHYSICAL THEORY
pp. 312
The Value of Physical Theory
pp. 337
Translator's Index
pp. 337
TRANSLATOR’S INDEX
pp. 345
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