Author: Pierre Maurice Marie DuhemPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magnetism
Languages : fr
Pages : 194
Book Description
Théorie nouvelle de l'aimantation par influence fondée sur la thermodynamique
Author: Pierre Maurice Marie DuhemPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magnetism
Languages : fr
Pages : 194
Book Description
The Electric Theories of J. Clerk Maxwell
Author: Pierre Maurice Marie DuhemPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319185152
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In this volume Pierre Duhem first gives an overview of 19th century electricity and magnetism. Next, he applies his keen historical, philosophical, and physical intuition to critiquing Maxwell’s theories, especially his electromagnetic theory of light and the ad hoc introduction of displacement current, which he considers too much a product of the “esprit de géométrie” than the “esprit de finesse,” as Pascal calls it. In this book, Duhem is guided by the principle that a theory that offers contradictions, even if the theory is posed by a genius, needs to be analysed and discussed until a clear distinction can be made between the propositions likely to be logically demonstrated and statements that offend logic and which must be transformed or rejected. Furthermore, Duhem felt, in criticizing such a theory one must guard against narrowness of mind and petty corrections which would make one forget the merit of the inventor; and, more importantly, one must guard against the blind superstition which, for admiration of the author, would hide the serious defects of the work. He is not so great a genius that he surpasses the laws of reason. Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), chairman of theoretical physics at Bordeaux in 1984-1916, is well-known for his works in the history and philosophy of science.
The Evolution of Mechanics
Author: P.M.M. DuhemPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9789028606883
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Mixture and Chemical Combination
Author: Pierre DuhemPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401722927
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Much of Duhem's work as a professional scientist was closely related to the newly emerging discipline of physical chemistry. The book and associated papers translated here revolve around his concomitant philosophical and historical interests in chemistry-topics largely uncovered by Duhem's writings hitherto available in English. He understood contemporary concerns of chemists to be a development of the ancient dispute over the nature of mixture. Having developed his historical account from distinctions drawn from the atomists and Aristotelians of antiquity, he places his own views of chemical combination squarely within the Aristotelian tradition. Apart from illuminating Duhem's own work, it is of interest to see how the ancient dispute can be related to modern science by someone competent to make such comparisons. The book is lucid and logically stringent without assuming any particular mathematical prerequisites, and provides a masterly statement of an important line of nineteenth century thought which is of interest in its own right as well as providing insight into Duhem's broader philosophical views.
Getting to Know the World Scientifically
Author: Paul NeedhamPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030402169
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This undergraduate textbook introduces some fundamental issues in philosophy of science for students of philosophy and science students. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with knowledge and values. Chap. 1 presents the classical conception of knowledge as initiated by the ancient Greeks and elaborated during the development of science, introducing the central concepts of truth, belief and justification. Aspects of the quest for objectivity are taken up in the following two chapters. Moral issues are broached in Chap. 4, which discusses some aspects of the use and abuse of science, taking up the responsibilities of scientists in properly conducting their business and decision-makers in their concerns with the import of science for society. Part 2 contrasts the view of scientific progress as the rejecting of old hypotheses and theories and replacing them with new ones, represented by Karl Popper, with the conception of progress as accumulating knowledge, saving as much as possible from older theories, represented by Pierre Duhem. A concluding chapter defends the natural attitude of taking the theories of modern science to be literally true, i.e. realism, in the face of arguments drawn partly from the history of scientific progress in criticism of this stance.
Pierre Duhem (1861 - 1916) et la théorie du magnétisme fondée sur la thermodynamique
Author: Nicolas WipfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 528
Book Description
L'objet de ce travail est l'analyse des travaux théoriques de Pierre Duhem dans le domaine du magnétisme et de l'électromagnétisme, très peu étudiés jusqu'ici et souvent éclipsés par ses contributions à la philosophie et à l'histoire des sciences. Ces travaux correspondent toutefois à une production scientifique abondante (plus de 3500 pages), s'étalant sur toute sa carrière. Mon travail permet de mettre en évidence la richesse de son œuvre en sciences physiques, ainsi que les tâtonnements accompagnant l'élaboration de sa thermodynamique générale, un programme ambitieux et original dans le contexte scientifique de l'époque. De sa thèse sur la théorie de l'aimantation par influence fondée sur la thermodynamique (1888) à son article Sur le diamagnétisme (1913), en passant par ses Leçons sur l'électricité et le magnétisme (1892), ses idées théoriques sont en constante évolution. Concernant le problème du diamagnétisme, mon travail permet de mettre en évidence plusieurs facteurs décisifs dans le processus de construction de sa théorie (un article de Parker sur le principe de Carnot (1889), une lettre envoyée par Curie (1902) ou encore les réflexions de Duhem sur la stabilité de l'équilibre électrique menées à partir de 1896). La thèse aborde également l'approche originale de Duhem dans l'étude des systèmes renfermant des courants électriques, étude qui le conduit à considérer l'électromagnétisme comme une branche se détachant très tôt du tronc commun formé par l'essentiel de l'énergétique, tout en prolongeant la théorie de Helmholtz. Duhem échouera dans sa tentative de convaincre ses contemporains de la supériorité de cette théorie logique par rapport à celle de Maxwell.
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Author: Guide to the Literature of Mathematics and Physics Including Related Works on Engineering Science. -
Author: Nathan Grier ParkePublisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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