This book deals with some of the current issues in the philosophy,
methodology and foundations of physics. Some such problems are: -
Do mathematical formalisms interpret themselves or is it necessary
to adjoin them interpretation assumptions, and if so how are these
as sumptions to be framed? - What are physical theories about:
physical systems or laboratory operations or both or neither? - How
are the basic concepts of a theory to be introduced: by ref erence
to measurements or by explicit definition or axiomatically? - What
is the use ofaxiomatics in physics? - How are the various physical
theories inter-related: like Chinese boxes or in more complex ways?
- What is the role of analogy in the construction and in the inter
pretation of physical theories? In particular, are classical
analogues like those of particle and wave indispensable in quantum
theories? - What is the role of the apparatus in quantum phenomena
and what is the place of measurement theory in quantum mechanics? -
How does a theory face experiment: single-handed or with the help
of further theories? These and several other questions of the kind
are met with by the research physicist, the physics teacher and the
physics student in their everyday work. If dodged they will recur.
And a wrong answer to them may obscure the understanding of what
has been achieved and may even hamper further advancement.
Philosophy, methodology and foundations, like rose bushes, are
enjoyable when cultivated but become ugly and thorny when
neglected."
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