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Is Physics Sick? [In Praise of Classical Physics]

2012/09/04 by Hisham Ghassib, Ghassib, Hisham
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Philosophy and History of Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #physics.gen-ph #physics.hist-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1209.0592

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Abstract

In this paper, it is argued that theoretical physics is more akin to an organism than to a rigid structure.It is in this sense that the epithet, "sick", applies to it. It is argued that classical physics is a model of a healthy science, and the degree of sickness of modern physics is measured accordingly. The malady is located in the relationship between mathematics and physical meaning in physical theory.

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