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For questions about the scientific discipline that concerns itself with analysing the laws of nature in full generality

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Conflict between physics and philosophy

, "Physics and Philosophy" by Heisenberg … {5}: The only exception I found is: Sean Carroll and Anthony Zee {6}: To be more specific, I mean the majority of physics circle. …
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Is Millikan's famous oil drop experiment a fraud?

I read in my mechanics textbook written by Goodstein that Robert Millikan cherry-picked his data in his famous oil drop experiment, and now I'm left wondering about the scientific value of his results …
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What did it historically mean in physics for something to "exist"?

What is the history of influential definitions of objective existence --- This Is Real, It Exists --- in physics? Where did they appear in the literature and in what context were they put forward? …
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