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#theory-change
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Does ‘atom’ in my physics class refer to what Dalton meant by it?
I tutor physics in Lagos, mostly for school-leaving exams. Last week a student asked, half joking, whether Dalton was "wrong about atoms or right about something else". It is a better question than it sounds. Dalton's atoms were indivisible. A few generations…
Started by Emeka Nwosu3 replies229 views -
Lakatos found the right middle path between Popper and Kuhn
My physics students in Lagos always ask the same thing when we reach the history of astronomy: if a single failed prediction refutes a theory, why did astronomers keep Newton when Uranus misbehaved? Popper's falsificationism seems to say they shouldn't have. Kuhn's…
Started by Emeka Nwosu5 replies276 views