Empirical Evidence in the Structure of Physical Theories

The author considers the empirical component of physical theories. He studies the origin and development of the theory of physical experiment, the structure and gnoseological hypotheses of the measuring process, as well as the relativity principle concerning the measuring equipment. Examples of mode...

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Published inFoundations of science Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 307 - 318
Main Author Obradovic, Stojan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2013
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
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Analysis
Education
Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge
Experimental methods
Mathematical Logic and Foundations
Measuring instruments
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Methods
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Physics projects
Relativity
Serbia
Physical theory
Experiment
Experimental method
Measuring
Empirical evidence
Empiricism
Proof
Experimentation
Physics
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Summary:The author considers the empirical component of physical theories. He studies the origin and development of the theory of physical experiment, the structure and gnoseological hypotheses of the measuring process, as well as the relativity principle concerning the measuring equipment. Examples of modern physical theories are used in order to demonstrate the influence of experimental facts on the formation and development, verification and accepting of these theories in the structure of scientific systems. The role of accidental experimental facts in this process is also the subject.
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ISSN:1233-1821
1572-8471
DOI:10.1007/s10699-012-9319-2