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Philosophy of science

thesis that hypotheses face evidence only together with auxiliary assumptions, so a failed prediction does not single out which belief to reject.

In philosophy of science, Duhem-Quine thesis refers to thesis that hypotheses face evidence only together with auxiliary assumptions, so a failed prediction does not single out which belief to reject. This meaning comes from Quine (1951) in The Philosophical Review.[1]

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References

Quine, W. V. (1951). Main Trends in Recent Philosophy: Two Dogmas of Empiricism. The Philosophical Review, 60(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.2307/2181906

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