Andreas osiander: Lover of science or appeaser of its enemies

Osiander, Andreas

“…In this sense Osiander was included by Pierre Duhem into the movement of the "savers of phenomena" (Duhem 1969). At the same time, Duhem also considers Osiander's approach as being common in modern science (Gingerich 1973;Graubard 1964). Concerning the philosophy of science, Osiander's initial role in the birth of instrumentalism was emphasized by Karl Raimund Popper, who advocates realism and considers instrumentalism as a dogma stemming from Osiander, Bellarmin, and George Berkeley (Popper 1965).…”