In philosophy of science, the Duhem–Quine thesis, also called the Duhem–Quine problem, posits that it is impossible to experimentally test a scientific...

his views on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria (see Duhem–Quine thesis). Duhem completed a Ph.D. in 1888 at Université Paul Sabatier titled Étude...

theories. This last claim is sometimes known as the Duhem–Quine thesis. A related claim made by Quine, though contested by some (see Adolf Grünbaum 1962)...

sensory input". He also advocated holism in science, known as the Duhem–Quine thesis. His major writings include the papers "On What There Is" (1948),...

algorithm used for logic minimization Duhem–Quine thesis or Duhem–Quine problem, in philosophy of science Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, in the...

confirmation holism or Duhem–Quine thesis. A closely related concept is hold more stubbornly at least, also popularized by Quine. Some beliefs may be more...

choosing one hypothesis or theory over its rivals, is the Duhem–Quine thesis; see also Pierre Duhem § Philosophy of science. Francis Bacon in his Novum Organum...

predictive and testable, and thus useful in practice. By contrast, the Duhem–Quine thesis says that definitive experimental falsifications are impossible and...

hypotheses in which they are contained. This thesis later came to be known as the Duhem–Quine thesis. Quine described his naturalism as the "abandonment...

philosophy of science, using it to solve the demarcation problem. The Duhem-Quine thesis or problem of underdetermination posits no scientific hypothesis can...