{"product_id":"9783319185149","title":"Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: A Historical and Critical Study","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: A Historical and Critical Study\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAversa, Alan; Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume Pierre Duhem first gives an overview of 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century electricity and magnetism. Next, he applies his keen historical, philosophical, and physical intuition to critiquing Maxwell’s theories, especially his electromagnetic theory of light and the \u003ci\u003ead hoc\u003c\/i\u003e introduction of displacement current, which he considers too much a product of the “\u003ci\u003eesprit de géométrie\u003c\/i\u003e” than the “\u003ci\u003eesprit de finesse\u003c\/i\u003e,” as Pascal calls it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Duhem is guided by the principle that a theory that offers contradictions, even if the theory is posed by a genius, needs to be analysed and discussed until a clear distinction can be made between the propositions likely to be logically demonstrated and statements that offend logic and which must be transformed or rejected. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurthermore, Duhem felt, in criticizing such a theory one must guard against narrowness of mind and petty corrections which would make one forget the merit of the inventor; and, more importantly, one must guard against the blind superstition which, for admiration of the author, would hide the serious defects of the work. He is not so great a genius that he surpasses the laws of reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Duhem (1861-1916), chairman of theoretical physics at Bordeaux in 1984-1916, is well-known for his works in the history and philosophy of science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2015-06-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319185149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-18515-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 185\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378530508940,"sku":"9783319185149","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319185149.jpg?v=1772024975","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319185149","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}