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The theories of modern physics are born of a reaction against scholastic philosophy. It would be impossible to understand the generation of these theories, to disentangle the law of their evolution, by abstracting from philosophical doctrines that they claimed to supplant.
Originally published as “L’évolution des théories physiques du XVIIe siécle jusqu’à nos joursȝ Revue des questions scientifiques, 40(1896), 463–99
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Duhem, P. (2002). The Evolution of Physical Theories From the Seventeenth Century to Our Day. In: Mixture and Chemical Combination. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2292-6_17
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