Pierre Duhem Quote

The physicist can never subject an isolated hypothesis to experimental test, but only a whole group of hypotheses.


The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory (1906), 2nd edition (1914), trans. Philip P. Wiener (1954)


The physicist can never subject an isolated hypothesis to experimental test, but only a whole group of hypotheses.

The physicist can never subject an isolated hypothesis to experimental test, but only a whole group of hypotheses.

The physicist can never subject an isolated hypothesis to experimental test, but only a whole group of hypotheses.

The physicist can never subject an isolated hypothesis to experimental test, but only a whole group of hypotheses.