Duhem–Quine thesis

thesis that it is impossible to test a scientific hypothesis in isolation, because such an empirical test of it requires other assumptions
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"Duhem–Quine thesis"@en
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"Duhem–Quine problem"@en
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"thesis that it is impossible to test a scientific hypothesis in isolation, because such an empirical test of it requires other assumptions"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-10-14T09:14:09+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
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