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Questions Concerning Theory and Experience and the Role of Mathematics in Physical Science

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The following considerations do not represent a well defined argument but rather a number of questions and remarks. They owe much to comments from Enno Rudolph.

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  1. FESt, Schmeilweg 5, D-69118, Heidelberg, Germany

    Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu & Heinz Wismann

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  1. Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft, Schmeilweg 5, D-69118, Heidelberg, Germany

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Stamatescu, IO., Wismann, H. (1994). Questions Concerning Theory and Experience and the Role of Mathematics in Physical Science. In: Rudolph, E., Stamatescu, IO. (eds) Philosophy, Mathematics and Modern Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78808-6_2

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