Physical Phenomena Law
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A Physical Phenomena Law is a mathematical model that applies to physical phenomena.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Strongly Justified Belief, Norman Swartz, Law of Gravity, Observations, Scientific Community, Causal Interaction.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/physical_law Retrieved:2015-12-19.
- A physical law or scientific law "is a theoretical principle deduced from particular facts, applicable to a defined group or class of phenomena, and expressible by the statement that a particular phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions be present." Physical laws are typically conclusions based on repeated scientific experiments and observations over many years and which have become accepted universally within the scientific community. The production of a summary description of our environment in the form of such laws is a fundamental aim of science. These terms are not used the same way by all authors. The distinction between natural law in the political-legal sense and law of nature or physical law in the scientific sense is a modern one, both concepts being equally derived from physis, the Greek word (translated into Latin as natura) for nature. [1]
- ↑ Some modern philosophers, e.g. Norman Swartz, use "physical law" to mean the laws of nature as they truly are and not as they are inferred by scientists. See Norman Swartz, The Concept of Physical Law (New York: Cambridge University Press), 1985. Second edition available online [1].