Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory', 'works' and 'Nietzsche and Philosophy'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

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There is no being beyond becoming [Deleuze]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

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Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

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Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

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Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]