Duhem-Quine problem

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词形变化

the Duhem-Quine problem

释义与例句

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

    哲学

词源

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

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