In Leonhard Euler’s Letters to a German Princess, the Swiss mathematician and scientist
Leonhard Euler gives several arguments against the particle (“emanation”)
theory of light: exhaustion, collision, transparency, etc. Pick just one of
these arguments, and in your own words (not simply quoting Euler) explain how
the argument goes. In particular, explain how his argument fits into the
pattern of reasoning we have been studying for most of the semester: if
hypothesis H were true, then this piece of evidence E would be surprising; but
if some alternative H2 were true, E would be (at least) less
surprising; therefore, there is some reason to suppose that H is false.
Finally, explain how a defender of the particle theory might try to respond to
Euler’s argument, and point out at least one odd thing about the defense.
Analyzing Euler’s Refutation of the Particle Theory of Light…Patterns of Epistemology
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