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| Certainty: In philosophy this is about whether we can know that we know something. The term was coined by L. Wittgenstein in the discussion of G. E. Moore. See also Moore's Hands, Skepticism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Pierre Duhem on Certainty - Dictionary of Arguments
I 237 Certainty/indeterminacy/Duhem: Accuracy in detail can only be attained by the physical laws by sacrificing something of the firm and absolute certainty of the laws of the ordinary mind. >Laws, >Natural laws. There is some kind of compensation between accuracy and safety. Cf. >Forms of thinking._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Duh I P. Duhem La théorie physique, son objet et sa structure, Paris 1906 German Edition: Ziel und Struktur der physikalischen Theorien Hamburg 1998 |
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