How Scientific Theories are Confirmed: A History of Atomic Theories of Matter

科学理论如何得到证实：物质原子理论的历史

• 批准号: DP0451077
• 负责人: Dr Alan Chalmers
• 金额: $ 3.1万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-06-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0451077
• 关键词: How; Scientific; Theories; Confirmed; History

This project addresses the question of how scientific theories are confirmed by experiment - a fundamentally important aspect of philosophy of science and science itself - that has yet to be definitively answered. The research will explore the evolution of atomic theories of matter, from speculation in the seventeenth century to precise versions that were confirmed by experiment in the twentieth. This research represents a much-needed combining of history and philosophy in this field. It will advance the understanding of how theories in the physical sciences are confirmed in a way that is anchored in an investigation of actual scientific practice.

该项目解决了科学理论如何被实验证实的问题-这是科学哲学和科学本身的一个根本重要方面-尚未得到明确回答。 这项研究将探索物质的原子理论的演变，从十七世纪的推测到二十世纪被实验证实的精确版本。 这一研究体现了这一领域所急需的历史与哲学的结合。它将促进理解物理科学中的理论如何以一种锚定在实际科学实践调查中的方式得到证实。