Duhem, Quine and a new empiricism

Mary Hesse

pp. 184-204

in: Sandra Harding (ed), Can theories be refuted?, Berlin, Springer, 1976

Abstract

A physical theory is not an explanation. It is a system of mathematical propositions, deduced from a small number of principles, which aim to represent as simply, as completely, and as exactly as possible a set of experimental laws [p. 19].

Cited authors

Quine Willard Van Orman

Duhem Pierre