The physicists philosophy of physics

2024/01/29 by P. J. E. Peebles, Peebles, P. J. E. · 1 voice · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Environmental Science · #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Philosophy and History of Science #Science and Climate Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2401.16506

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Abstract

I argue that research in physics operates under an implicit community philosophy, and I offer a definition I think physicists would accept, by and large. I compare this definition to what philosophers, sociologists, and historians of science, with physicists, say we are doing.

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