... experimentum crucis . Critics often contested Newton's implied claim that the experimentum crucis rendered the performance of long series of trials unnecessary . For example , Newton criticised Lucas for his effort to perform large ...
... experimentum crucis falsified all theories that made white light simple ; that Michelson - Morley's experimentum crucis falsified all theories of physics that relied on the luminiferous aether as their indispensable component ; that ...
... experimentum crucis was received by his contemporaries . To begin , what is an ' experimentum crucis ' ? An experimentum crucis ( lit. ' experiment at a crossroads ' ) is an experiment designed to choose between two competing ...
... 1 See " Principles of Science , " pp . 520 , 521 . 2 Paul Drude , " Lehrbuch der Optik , " pp . 111-113 . A modern instance is seen in the series of Havana THE MEANING OF FACTS THEIR EXPLANATION 37 (5) The experimentum crucis.
... experimentum crucis before us . The term itself originates in Bacon's Novum Organum . Contrary to Duhem's assumption , it does not refer to a signpost at cross - roads giving various routes , nor is it connected with croix ou pile ...
... experimentum crucis of the 1672 paper should not be taken as the faithful expression of any true Newtonian methodology ; instead , it is , as Simon Schaffer writes in his influential article “ Glass work " , a rhetorical ' emblem ' . It ...
... Experimentum Crucis " , pp . 51-77 , 53 , 56 ; cf. Newton to Oldenburg , 6 February 1671/2 , Newton , Correspondence , I , p . 102 ; Cohen , ed . , Isaac Newton's Papers and Letters on Natural Philosophy , p . 59 ) . This will be the ...
... experimentum crucis . The Instantia Crucis ' of Bacon does not properly belong to the Experimental Methods of Induction . It is the decisive instance between two contending hypotheses . Thus , when the Copernican system was brought ...
... Experi- mentum Crucis . " He then proceeds , by a figure , leaving out the globe , to illustrate even his Experimentum Crucis . We really cannot perceive any special force of argument to be derived from the use of the globe in the fifth ...
... Experimentum Crucis ' or ' Crucial Experiment ' . Logicians Cohen and Nagel cited an example from the history of Physics about two rival hypotheses - ( 1 ) Newton's Corpuscular Theory : Let H , represents it . ( 2 ) Hyygen's Wave Theory ...