Hidden underdetermination: a case study in classical electrodynamics

DOI10.1080/02698595.2012.703477MaRDI QIDQ5250249zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wolfgang Pietsch

Publication date 19 May 2015

Published in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2012.703477

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to optics and electromagnetic theory (78-02) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)

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