Duhem–Quine thesis

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Duhem–Quine thesis

Quality:

Duhem–Quine thesis - thesis that it is impossible to test a scientific hypothesis in isolation, because such an empirical test of it requires other assumptions. Article “Duhem–Quine thesis” in English Wikipedia has 27.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.43 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Duhem–Quine thesis”, its content was written by 79 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 258 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 42 times in English Wikipedia and cited 451 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #52364 in January 2022
  • Global: #80389 in November 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #95580 in November 2017
  • Global: #149400 in November 2017

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Duhem–Quine thesis
27.0788
2Russian (ru)
Тезис Дюэма — Куайна
23.2977
3Persian (fa)
تز دوئم -کواین
18.9705
4Portuguese (pt)
Tese Duhem–Quine
18.1814
5Polish (pl)
Teza Duhema-Quine’a
17.5386
6German (de)
Duhem-Quine-These
16.3585
7French (fr)
Thèse Duhem-Quine
15.6805
8Ukrainian (uk)
Теза Дюгема-Квайна
13.995
9Finnish (fi)
Duhem–Quine-teesi
12.7734
10Italian (it)
Tesi di Duhem-Quine
8.63
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Duhem–Quine thesis" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Duhem–Quine thesis
489 189
2German (de)
Duhem-Quine-These
89 270
3Japanese (ja)
デュエム-クワイン・テーゼ
78 998
4Russian (ru)
Тезис Дюэма — Куайна
52 176
5Italian (it)
Tesi di Duhem-Quine
47 104
6Dutch (nl)
Duhem-Quinestelling
45 710
7Spanish (es)
Tesis de Duhem-Quine
38 451
8Chinese (zh)
杜恒-蒯因论题
13 913
9Korean (ko)
뒤앙-콰인 논제
10 212
10Finnish (fi)
Duhem–Quine-teesi
9 681
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Duhem–Quine thesis" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Duhem–Quine thesis
2 345
2Japanese (ja)
デュエム-クワイン・テーゼ
347
3German (de)
Duhem-Quine-These
252
4Russian (ru)
Тезис Дюэма — Куайна
216
5Italian (it)
Tesi di Duhem-Quine
159
6Korean (ko)
뒤앙-콰인 논제
136
7Chinese (zh)
杜恒-蒯因论题
131
8Spanish (es)
Tesis de Duhem-Quine
94
9French (fr)
Thèse Duhem-Quine
83
10Polish (pl)
Teza Duhema-Quine’a
82
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Duhem–Quine thesis" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Duhem–Quine thesis
79
2German (de)
Duhem-Quine-These
34
3Italian (it)
Tesi di Duhem-Quine
28
4Japanese (ja)
デュエム-クワイン・テーゼ
23
5Dutch (nl)
Duhem-Quinestelling
16
6Spanish (es)
Tesis de Duhem-Quine
12
7Russian (ru)
Тезис Дюэма — Куайна
10
8Ukrainian (uk)
Теза Дюгема-Квайна
9
9Chinese (zh)
杜恒-蒯因论题
9
10Hungarian (hu)
Duhem–Quine-tézis
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Duhem–Quine thesis" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Duhem-Quine-These
1
2English (en)
Duhem–Quine thesis
0
3Spanish (es)
Tesis de Duhem-Quine
0
4Estonian (et)
Duhemi-Quine'i alamääratuse tees
0
5Persian (fa)
تز دوئم -کواین
0
6Finnish (fi)
Duhem–Quine-teesi
0
7French (fr)
Thèse Duhem-Quine
0
8Hungarian (hu)
Duhem–Quine-tézis
0
9Italian (it)
Tesi di Duhem-Quine
0
10Japanese (ja)
デュエム-クワイン・テーゼ
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Duhem–Quine thesis" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
デュエム-クワイン・テーゼ
127
2French (fr)
Thèse Duhem-Quine
87
3Korean (ko)
뒤앙-콰인 논제
54
4English (en)
Duhem–Quine thesis
42
5German (de)
Duhem-Quine-These
25
6Russian (ru)
Тезис Дюэма — Куайна
25
7Spanish (es)
Tesis de Duhem-Quine
20
8Dutch (nl)
Duhem-Quinestelling
16
9Italian (it)
Tesi di Duhem-Quine
12
10Estonian (et)
Duhemi-Quine'i alamääratuse tees
9
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Duhem-Quine-These
enEnglish
Duhem–Quine thesis
esSpanish
Tesis de Duhem-Quine
etEstonian
Duhemi-Quine'i alamääratuse tees
faPersian
تز دوئم -کواین
fiFinnish
Duhem–Quine-teesi
frFrench
Thèse Duhem-Quine
huHungarian
Duhem–Quine-tézis
itItalian
Tesi di Duhem-Quine
jaJapanese
デュエム-クワイン・テーゼ
koKorean
뒤앙-콰인 논제
nlDutch
Duhem-Quinestelling
plPolish
Teza Duhema-Quine’a
ptPortuguese
Tese Duhem–Quine
ruRussian
Тезис Дюэма — Куайна
svSwedish
Duhem-Quines tes
ukUkrainian
Теза Дюгема-Квайна
zhChinese
杜恒-蒯因论题

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#95580
11.2017
Global:
#149400
11.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#52364
01.2022
Global:
#80389
11.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Duhem–Quine thesis from Wikipedia articles about Willard Van Orman Quine, Falsifiability, Pierre Duhem, Occams razor and Münchhausen trilemma. Whereas reading the article about Duhem–Quine thesis people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Confirmation holism, Pierre Duhem, Willard Van Orman Quine, Underdetermination and Two Dogmas of Empiricism.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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