To Save the Phenomena: An Essay on the Idea of Physical Theory from Plato to Galileo

Duhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more specifically, between astronomy and physics-an issue still of importance today. He critiques the answers given by Greek thought, Arabic science, medieval Christian scholasticism, and, finally, the astronomers of the Renaissance.

Author: Pierre Duhem
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10/01/2015
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780226169217

About the Author
Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), a mathematical physicist, was among the founders of philosophy of science as an aspect of intellectual history.