Physical Reality, Theoretical Physics, and Mathematics—15 Years Later
Physicists usually admit a rather naive concept of physical reality: it is the object they are investigating using experiments understood as actions in the real world. In theoretical physics, the object of investigation is not the real world itself but its mathematical description which is considere...
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Language: | English |
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Estonian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science
2016-10-01
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Series: | Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum |
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Online Access: | http://www.bahps.org/05_Kuusk-2016-2-05.pdf |