Pierre Duhem Quotes on Time
Pierre Duhem was a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and historian of medieval science. This page collects quotes attributed to Pierre Duhem on the topic of time, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Pierre Duhem:
“Truth in science is gradual and never final.”
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Attributed to Pierre Duhem:
“The history of physics shows that no theory survives unchanged.”
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“« La Logique peut être patiente, car elle est éternelle. » ("Logic can be patient because it is eternal.") ibid. p. 150”
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“Every time people cite a principle of theoretical physics in support of a metaphysical doctrine or physical dogma, they commit a mistake, for they attribute to this principle a meaning not its own, an import not belonging to it.”
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