Die Atomistik bei Ludwig Boltzmann. Zur wissenschaftlichen und philosophischen Bedeutung einer kontroversen Position am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Juan?Ignacio?GóMez?TutorEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) FB I - Philosophie/Wissenschaftstheorie, UniversitŠt Trier, UniversitŠtsring 15, 54286 Trier |
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Abstract: | The atomic hypothesis according to Ludwig Boltzmann. The scientific and philosophical importance of a controversial position
at the close of the 19th century. This paper examines Boltzmann’s standpoint in the controversy over the existence of atoms between himself on the one hand
and Mach, Ostwald, Helm and to some extent Duhem on the other hand. The latter wanted to develop a physics only constructed
with perceptible phenomena. Because of the lack of empirical evidence of the atoms at that time they did not accept them for
the construction of physics. In contrast, Boltzmann found the acceptance of atoms to be a fruitful assumption, since for him
the construction of physics required going beyond perceptible phenomena. Two different conceptions of nature and of the ways
to know nature clashed in this disagreement between Boltzmann and his opponents. Op-posing one-sided positions, Boltzmann
supported the hypothetical character of science, in which more than one basic hypothesis can be advanced: he was open to the
possibility of fundamental revolutions in science.
Die Atomistik bei Ludwig Boltzmann. Zur wissenschaftlichen und philosophischen Bedeutung einer kontroversen Position am Ende
des 19. Jahrhunderts
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