 | Larry Laudan - 1984 - 176 pages
...geology, with its commitment to a universal (Noachian) deluge; — the phlogiston theory of chemistry; — the caloric theory of heat; —the vibratory theory...—the vital force theories of physiology; — the theory of circular inertia; — theories of spontaneous generation. This list, which could be extended... | |
 | N. Rescher - 1987 - 188 pages
...geology, with its commitment to a universal (Noachian) deluge. - The phlogiston theory of chemistry. - The caloric theory of heat. - The vibratory theory...force theories of physiology. - The electromagnetic aether. - The luminiferous aether. - The Aristotelian theory of circular inertia. - The putative process... | |
 | Yuri Balashov, Alexander Rosenberg - 2002 - 544 pages
...geology, with its commitment to a universal (Noachian) deluge; the phlogiston theory of chemistry; the caloric theory of heat; the vibratory theory of...force theories of physiology; the electromagnetic aether; the optical aether; the theory of circular inertia; theories of spontaneous generation. This... | |
 | Derek Turner - 2007 - 195 pages
...geology, with its commitment to a universal (Noachian) deluge; the phlogiston theory of chemistry; the caloric theory of heat; the vibratory theory of...circular inertia; theories of spontaneous generation. (Laudan 1981, p. 122) Laudan, much to his credit, did mention at least one historical theory namely,... | |
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... the crystalline spheres of ancient and medieval astronomy; the humoral theory of medicine; the effluvial theory of static electricity; "catastrophist" geology, with its commitment to a universal (Noachian) deluge; the phlogiston theory of chemistry;... 