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Physical Reality and the Mathematical Laws a New Philosophical Approach

Jose P Koshy

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Is what we observe real? In this paper I argue that the physical world is as real as we feel – the term 'reality' is defined unambiguously. The domain of physics includes only real situations, whereas the domain of mathematics includes non-real situations also. So the role of mathematics (in the domain of physics) has to be clearly defined. Here I propose a new philosophical approach (to define the role of mathematics): the properties are physical, but the laws are mathematical.

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Is what we observe real? In this paper I argue that the physical world is as real as we feel – the term 'reality' is defined unambiguously. The domain of physics includes only real situations, whereas the domain of mathematics includes non-real situations also. So the role of mathematics (in the domain of physics) has to be clearly defined. Here I propose a new philosophical approach (to define the role of mathematics): the properties are physical, but the laws are mathematical.

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Is what we observe real? In this paper I argue that the physical world is as real as we feel – the term 'reality' is defined unambiguously. The domain of physics includes only real situations, whereas the domain of mathematics includes non-real situations also. So the role of mathematics (in the domain of physics) has to be clearly defined. Here I propose a new philosophical approach (to define the role of mathematics): the properties are physical, but the laws are mathematical.

Key concepts: Physical law, Domain (mathematical analysis), Classical physics, Term (time), Epistemology, Physical system, Mathematics, Calculus (dental)

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