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Pierre Duhem

Philosophy of Science

Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem was a French theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. He was also a prolific historian of science, noted especially for his pioneering work on science in the European Middle Ages. As a philosopher of science, Duhem is credited with the Duhem-Quine thesis on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria used to test scientific theories. His opposition to positivism was informed in part by his traditionalist Catholicism, an outlook that put him at odds with the dominant academic currents in France during his lifetime.

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Birth Year
1861 1
Defining Moment
Doctoral thesis rejected by the jury 1
Notable Publication
The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory (1906) 1
Office Held
Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Bordeaux 1
Death Year
1916 1
Death Date
1916-09-14 1
Birthplace
Paris, France 1
Death Place
Cabrespine, France 1
Tradition
Energetics 1
Classification
Nationality
France 1
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Source Duhem-Quine thesis (Wikipedia)

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Source Wikipedia: Pierre DuhemLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (French: [pjɛʁ mɔʁis maʁi dy.ɛm, moʁ-] ; 9 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) was a French theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity.
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1. Wikipedia: Pierre Duhem
  • Lead paragraph, birth year
    9 June 1861
  • Lead paragraph, death year
    14 September 1916
  • Infobox, death_date
    1916-09-14
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Paris, France
  • Infobox, death_place
    Cabrespine, France
  • Theoretical physics, second paragraph
    Duhem was a supporter of energetics
  • Philosophy of science, first paragraph
    explained in his 1906 work The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory
  • Early life and education, career-path sentence
    finally as a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bordeaux
  • Early life and education, thesis sentence
    The jury rejected that thesis
  • Lead section, nationality sentence
    Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (French: [pjɛʁ mɔʁis maʁi dy.ɛm, moʁ-] ; 9 June 1861-14 September 1916) was a French theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity.
  • In Tradition: Christian Philosophy, Page categories: Catholic philosophers
  • In Branch: Philosophy of Science, Lead
    As a philosopher of science, Duhem is credited with the "Duhem-Quine thesis" on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria.
  • In Group: Christian Philosophy Of Science, Lead
    Duhem's opposition to positivism was partly informed by his traditionalist Catholicism, an outlook that put him at odds with the dominant academic currents in France during his lifetime.
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Wikidata: Pierre Duhem
Wikidata Q314172, class allow-list match, case-insensitive label variant (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/resolve_ci.ps1)View the Source
Duhem-Quine thesis (Wikipedia)
Associated With: The Duhem-Quine Thesis, Lead
Quote, Associated With: The Duhem-Quine Thesis, Lead
In philosophy of science, the Duhem-Quine thesis, also called the Duhem-Quine problem, says that unambiguous falsifications of a scientific
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