On the difference between Duhem and Quine’s theses
Апстракт
Although there are numerous similarities between Duhem and Quine, there are
strong arguments which suggest that what can be isolated as Quine’s thesis
would be unacceptable to Duhem. On the other hand, they both share Duhem’s
holistic thesis: empirical statements are interconnected in such a way that
they cannot be confirmed or refuted taken in isolation. Since Quine’s holism
is more radical, as we shall show, his thesis claims that we can always keep
a statement by making necessary adjustments somewhere else in the system. We
will try to show that only the first thesis can be rightfully ascribed to
Duhem, that these two thesis are not identical, and that they are both
different from what is usually called the theses of underdetermination. As we
shall see, neither of them speaks about the possibility of empirically
equivalent theories. They are, first and foremost, holistic theses which,
under certain additional assumptions, have the thesis of underdetermination
as their c...onsequence. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br.
179041: Dinamički sistemi u prirodi i društvu]
Извор:
Filozofija i društvo, 2014, 25, 1, 193-207Издавач:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Динамички системи у природи и друштву: Филозофски и емпиријски аспекти (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179041)
Институција/група
Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Zorić, Aleksandra PY - 2014 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1879 AB - Although there are numerous similarities between Duhem and Quine, there are strong arguments which suggest that what can be isolated as Quine’s thesis would be unacceptable to Duhem. On the other hand, they both share Duhem’s holistic thesis: empirical statements are interconnected in such a way that they cannot be confirmed or refuted taken in isolation. Since Quine’s holism is more radical, as we shall show, his thesis claims that we can always keep a statement by making necessary adjustments somewhere else in the system. We will try to show that only the first thesis can be rightfully ascribed to Duhem, that these two thesis are not identical, and that they are both different from what is usually called the theses of underdetermination. As we shall see, neither of them speaks about the possibility of empirically equivalent theories. They are, first and foremost, holistic theses which, under certain additional assumptions, have the thesis of underdetermination as their consequence. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 179041: Dinamički sistemi u prirodi i društvu] PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd T2 - Filozofija i društvo T1 - On the difference between Duhem and Quine’s theses EP - 207 IS - 1 SP - 193 VL - 25 DO - 10.2298/FID1401193Z ER -
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Zorić, A.. (2014). On the difference between Duhem and Quine’s theses. in Filozofija i društvo Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd., 25(1), 193-207. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1401193Z
Zorić A. On the difference between Duhem and Quine’s theses. in Filozofija i društvo. 2014;25(1):193-207. doi:10.2298/FID1401193Z .
Zorić, Aleksandra, "On the difference between Duhem and Quine’s theses" in Filozofija i društvo, 25, no. 1 (2014):193-207, https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1401193Z . .