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(1976) Can theories be refuted?, Dordrecht, Springer.

Duhem, Quine and a new empiricism

Mary Hesse

pp. 184-204

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].

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-1863-0_13

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Hesse, M. (1976)., Duhem, Quine and a new empiricism, in S. Harding (ed.), Can theories be refuted?, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 184-204.

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