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duhem-quine problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
duhem-quine prob-lem
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The problem that it is impossible to experimentally test a scientific hypothesis in isolation, because every empirical test requires one or more background assumptions.

Etymology

Named after French physicist Pierre Duhem and American logician Willard Van Orman Quine, who wrote about similar concepts.

Inflected Forms

the Duhem-Quine problem (canonical)

Questions

What does duhem-quine problem mean?
The problem that it is impossible to experimentally test a scientific hypothesis in isolation, because every empirical test requires one or more background assumptions.
Where does duhem-quine problem come from?
Named after French physicist Pierre Duhem and American logician Willard Van Orman Quine, who wrote about similar concepts.

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