Posts com a Tag ‘STOFFEL Jean-François (Res)’
La théorie physique: Son objet, sa structure | Pierre Duhem
It was in 1981– thus during the same year as his dissertation defense, one year prior to doing the same for Σῴζειν τὰ φαινóµενα (1982), and six years before his book Duhem: Science et Providence (1987) – that Paul Brouzeng (1938-2012) finally furnished Francophone readers, after a wait of more than sixty years, with the first complete reprint (and, incidentally, the first anastatic one) of the second edition of La théorie physique (1914). It was enriched by an introduction of eleven pages, a very succinct bibliography and an onomastic index, which must have misled many readers since it, in fact, only covered the text of La théorie physique itself and not that of the two articles added by Duhem in his second edition. Considering the fact that this reprint of La théorie physique is still and ever available at Vrin Bookshop (both in hardcover and paperback formats), it is worth assessing any additional value which may be afforded it by Sophie Roux’s new online edition, other than the fact that, as is the case with all electronic publications, it offers readers the considerable advantage of being able to search the entire text, thereby addressing the aforementioned shortcoming with respect to Brouzeng’s edition. Leia Mais
When historiography met epistemology: Sophisticated histories and philosophies of science in French-speaking countries in the second half of the nineteenth century | Stefano Bordoni
Dedicated to a book which has long been considered a classic, and which, from the Traité de l’enchaînement des idées fondamentales dans les sciences et dans l’histoire (1861) by A.-A. Cournot to L’évolution des théories physiques du XVIIe siècle jusqu’à nos jours (1896) by P. Duhem, takes us on a tour of 35 years of intellectual history, this review offers three objectives. Firstly, to present the author’s broader arguments. Secondly, considering that, on the one hand, its contents are not immediately apparent (at least not from its Table of Contents) and that, on the other hand, the method used consists in providing (while remaining as faithful to the text as possible) a critical interpretation and commentary on the selected publications, to provide a brief introduction to the authors and the themes addressed. Lastly, owing to its publication within a dossier specifically dedicated to P. Duhem, to further explore the main arguments and ideas, which occupy nearly a third of the work, centered around this illustrious scholar.
French historical epistemology can be defined as the conviction whereby a genuine and authentic historical perspective is seen as essential in order to establish a constructive dialogue between science and philosophy, and in order to construct an epistemology which better conforms to the reality of scientific approach. According to the traditional view adopted chiefly by A. Brenner and C. Chimisso, it originated, depending upon the chosen emphasis, either during the last decade of the 19th century with the works of H. Poincaré, P. Duhem and G. Milhaud (A. Brenner), or during the 1930s and 1940s with G. Bachelard as the key figure in this case (C. Chimisso). Leia Mais