What does “demonstrate” mean?
The word demonstrate has a long history, and was already used in ancient Greece. This will be explained in a first part etymology before giving a more modern definition. The …
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Definitions of Science
The notion of “science” in the feminine singular is, by its etymology, rather complex and polysemous. First of all, is it science? Or the sciences? Are we talking about science …
Tocqueville – Analysis of the link between democracy and the study of science
Alexis de Tocqueville in the second volume of Democracy in America analyzes what distinguishes the learning of science in the United States, a democratic regime, from the learning of these …
Aristotle – No scientific knowledge through perception
In the Second Analytics (4th century BC), grouped in the the Organonaristotle shows the difference between the universal and the singular, and consequently shows that there is no scientific knowledge …
Desproges – Scientific rigor
If you are interested in science, you will be interested in these writings of Pierre Desproges: “La rigueur scientifique” by Pierre Desproges A famous excerpt: ” A civilization without Science, …
Is philosophy compatible with science?
One of the recurrent questions of philosophy is its Relation with science. Is philosophy a science? Is science a philosophy? How can science and philosophy harmonize? What is the link …