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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Main Author: Piret Kuusk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Estonian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science 2016-10-01
Series:Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum
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Online Access:http://www.bahps.org/05_Kuusk-2016-2-05.pdf