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A level of adequacy of a given model with physical world represents an important element of physics. In an “ideal” model each element in the model would correspond exactly to one element in the physical world. In such a model each element would have a direct epistemological correlation with exactly one element of the physical world. Such a model would become a perfect picture of the physical world. The possibility of misinterpretation, in a sense that one searches for physical existence of purely theoretically predicted elements of the model, would be excluded. In order to develop such a model we apply bijective function of set theory. Bijective function applied on time research shows model of space–time has no direct epistemological correlation in physical reality. Time is duration of changes which run in space. Duration does not run in time, duration is time.
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Indeed, in the criterion of physical reality of bijective epistemology here proposed, a possible criticism regards the fact that there are probably things or phenomena that are not detectable at the present, even when using the current most sophisticated detectors, but could be detected—for instance—in a future, if the development of civilization will allow an appropriate progress in our techniques of revelation. In order to take account of this possibility, the idea of “enhanced senses” could be further improved and generalized with the concept of “ideally perfect senses”, where “ideally perfect” is meant to indicate just a perception of phenomena through the most sophisticated detectors or objects which are achieved thanks to the development of civilization.
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Fiscaletti, D., Sorli, A. Bijective Epistemology and Space–Time. Found Sci 20, 387–398 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-014-9381-z
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