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How do we get an idea from the physical world? There is basically only one possibility, namely the dialogue with nature, i.e. we create a theoretical conception of the world by thinking, and then we check this conception with the help of measuring instruments. In this connection the following questi...
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World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 1998. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Series on the foundations of natural science and technology ;
vol. 3 |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3443#t=toc |
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How do we get an idea from the physical world? There is basically only one possibility, namely the dialogue with nature, i.e. we create a theoretical conception of the world by thinking, and then we check this conception with the help of measuring instruments. In this connection the following question arises: Does there exist for each element of the theory an element-specific deflection at the measuring instrument? In other words, has each element of the theory a counterpart in the actual reality? If not, then the theory contains metaphysical elements, i.e. elements which have no counterpart |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii,246pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789812817051 |
| Index Number: | QC6 |
| CLC: | O4 |
| Contents: | 1. The observable and the non-observable. 1.1. Experience. 1.2. Cosmos as a collection of matter in space. 1.3. Elements of quantitative description. 1.4. Why do planets move? 1.5. Summary and final remarks. 1.6. Matter and Maxwell theory. 1.7. Consequences -- 2. Structured matter. 2.1. Elementary matter. 2.2. Conventional elementary particles. 2.3. The connection between the theory of relativity and quantum theory. 2.4. Superstrings and twistors -- 3. Levels of reality. 3.1. Perception: how does it work? 3.2. Pictures of reality. 3.3. Levels of reality. 3.4. Everything Is in the picture. 3. |