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A New Foundation of Physical Theories

By: Ludwig, Günther [author.].
Contributor(s): Thurler, Gérald [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.Description: XI, 178 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540308331.Subject(s): Physics | Philosophy and science | Physics | Physics, general | Philosophy of ScienceDDC classification: 530 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
A New Foundation of Physical Theories -- Reality -- Building of a Mathematical Theory -- From Reality to Mathematics -- Species of Structures and Axiomatic Basis of a PT -- Relations Between Various PTs -- Real and Possible as Physical Concepts -- Examples of Simple Theories -- A Description of the Surface of the Earth, or of a Round Table -- A Simplified Example of Newton’s Mechanics -- The Structure of the Human Species.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Written in the tradition of G. Ludwig’s groundbreaking works, this book aims to clarify and formulate more precisely the fundamental ideas of physical theories. By introducing a basic descriptive language of simple form, in which it is possible to formulate recorded facts, ambiguities of physical theories are avoided as much as possible. In this approach the field of physics that should be described by a theory is determined by basic concepts only, i.e. concepts that can be explained without a theory. In this context the authors introduce a new concept of idealization and review the process of discovering new concepts. They believe that, when the theories are formulated within an axiomatic basis, solutions can be found to many difficult problems such as the interpretation of physical theories, the relations between theories as well as the introduction of physical concepts. The book addresses both physicists and philosophers of science and should encourage the reader to contribute to the understanding of the lasting core of physical knowledge about the real structures of the world.
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A New Foundation of Physical Theories -- Reality -- Building of a Mathematical Theory -- From Reality to Mathematics -- Species of Structures and Axiomatic Basis of a PT -- Relations Between Various PTs -- Real and Possible as Physical Concepts -- Examples of Simple Theories -- A Description of the Surface of the Earth, or of a Round Table -- A Simplified Example of Newton’s Mechanics -- The Structure of the Human Species.

Written in the tradition of G. Ludwig’s groundbreaking works, this book aims to clarify and formulate more precisely the fundamental ideas of physical theories. By introducing a basic descriptive language of simple form, in which it is possible to formulate recorded facts, ambiguities of physical theories are avoided as much as possible. In this approach the field of physics that should be described by a theory is determined by basic concepts only, i.e. concepts that can be explained without a theory. In this context the authors introduce a new concept of idealization and review the process of discovering new concepts. They believe that, when the theories are formulated within an axiomatic basis, solutions can be found to many difficult problems such as the interpretation of physical theories, the relations between theories as well as the introduction of physical concepts. The book addresses both physicists and philosophers of science and should encourage the reader to contribute to the understanding of the lasting core of physical knowledge about the real structures of the world.

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