Pierre Duhem's rejection of special relativity

IF 1.4 2区哲学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI:10.1016/j.shpsa.2025.06.002

Miguel Agustín Aguilar Sandoval

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Abstract

In this paper, I analyze Pierre Duhem's rejection of Albert Einstein's special relativity. Duhem published his most influential contributions to the philosophy of science during the same years that Einstein published the theory we now call special relativity. There are numerous coincidences in the conceptions of both authors about scientific methodology to the point that it has been stated that Einstein's philosophy is supported by Duhem's. It is surprising to discover that Duhem nevertheless rejected special relativity completely. Analyzing this rejection sheds light on aspects of Duhem's philosophy of science that have not been clearly recognized, namely how he conceived of the continuity between common sense concepts, scientific concepts, and measurement.

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 管理科学-科学史与科学哲学

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

10.00%

发文量

166

审稿时长

6.6 weeks

期刊介绍： Studies in History and Philosophy of Science is devoted to the integrated study of the history, philosophy and sociology of the sciences. The editors encourage contributions both in the long-established areas of the history of the sciences and the philosophy of the sciences and in the topical areas of historiography of the sciences, the sciences in relation to gender, culture and society and the sciences in relation to arts. The Journal is international in scope and content and publishes papers from a wide range of countries and cultural traditions.