A New Foundation of Physical Theories

• Main Authors: Ludwig, Günther (Author), Thurler, Gérald (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Physics, general.; Philosophy of Science.

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 th...

Table of 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.