THE FALSE START OF DEDUCTIVE SCIENCE

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From: Pentcho Valev
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:32

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In 1824 Sadi Carnot deduced the prototype of the second law of
thermodynamics:

All reversible heat engines working between two fixed temperatures
have the same efficiency.

from two premises:

1. Perpetuum mobile of the first kind is impossible.

2. Heat is conserved (cannot be converted into work by the heat
engine).

Then the second premise was officially declared false but the
conclusion, the prototype of the second law of thermodynamics,
remained gloriously true. More precisely, the glory was introduced by
Clausius who, in 1850, managed to convince the world that the false
premise should be forgotten and replaced by a true one:

2'. Heat flows spontaneously from hot to cold.

Theoreticians and philosophers of science have never seen any problem
in the fact that, originally, a false premise was ESSENTIAL in the
deduction of a true conclusion. At least they should have considered
the following hypothesis:

The conclusion, the prototype of the second law of thermodynamics, is
false as well; Clausius' 1850 ad hoc deduction was invalid.

Pentcho Valev
pvalev@yahoo.com

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