Symbol and Physical Knowledge: On the Conceptual Structure of Physics

Springer Verlag (2002)
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Introduces the problem of the symbolic structure of physics, surveys the modern history of symbols, proceeds to an epistemological discussion of the role of symbols in our knowledge of nature, and addresses key issues related to the methodology of physics and the character of its symbolic structures.

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Massimo Ferrari
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