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theoretical physics

is a science whereby its theory stands on giving us predictions, technology, systematic integration of new domains of knowledge.

If physics discovers that theory (decontextualizaton and recontextualization)-- Newtonian theory or some other theory-- gives us prediction, technology, systematic integration of new domains of knowledge, phenomena which can be used to affect other phenomena (bombarding some particles with others), and a method which leads us to modify our lexicon in response to nature's answers to our questions, then it may well be that physics has got (or is getting) it right about the causal properties necessary for equipment to function' (Dreyfus 1991:29)

is an attempt conceptually to grasp reality as it is thought independently of its being observed.

For Einstein, 'Physics is an attempt conceptually to grasp reality as it is thought independently of its being observed. In this sense one speaks of 'physical reality'.

is an attempt conceptually to grasp reality as something that is considered to be independent of its being observed. In this sense one speaks of physical reality.

Physics is an attempt conceptually to grasp reality as something that is considered to be independent of its being observed. In this sense one speaks of physical reality.

is an observer-dependent exercise aimed at explaining what we can about nature in our own terms.

For Bohr, physics was an observer-dependent exercise aimed at explaining what we could about nature in our own terms.'

is babylonian. There's no fundamental truth. Instead, we take bits of different things we know and try to construct theories that connect those dots.

physics is Babylonian. There's no fundamental truth. Instead, we take bits of different things we know and try to construct theories that connect those dots. It's wrong, he says, to expect that you have all the axioms at your disposal. And if you don't have all the axioms at your disposal then reasoning from an incomplete list (this assumes you haven't made a mistake in your reasoning a big assumption in itself for human beings), you're going to get wrong results. The whole nature of the scientific endeavor is to understand what we don't know about. If you don't fully understand a phenomenon, how are you going to be able to assert you have all the relevant axioms at your disposal''

is based on the assumption that certain fundamental features of nature are constant.

Physics is based on the assumption that certain fundamental features of nature are constant.

is beauty just without a receptive organ.

Beauty without a receptive organ is just physics. (Bill Sander)

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is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.

Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.

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