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The following remarks are intended to show that some of Freudenthal's recent criticisms of Bunge'sFoundations of Physics are wide of the mark. Freudenthal sets his criticisms of detail in a framework of some general considerations of the role played by axiomatic theories in the foundations of physics. In particular, he considers the notion of the objects of an axiomatic theory, the relation of an axiomatic theory to reality, and the notion of the transformation group of a theory. These topics are considered below.
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Salt, D. Physical axiomatics: Freudenthal vs. Bunge. Found Phys 1, 307–313 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708580
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