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Hi all-
I don't know anybody involved in the active pursuit of physics,
biology, chemistry or the like who would support this so-called
"traditional picture". Do you have some support for your
characterization? And why is it important to have such categories?
Feynman (III-13-1), in describing the conduction of electrons in
chrystals, writes: "The laws of give the followwing results." He then
describes the result of a calculation.
Would tthe meeaning be any less clear if he had said "the principles of
quantum mechanics', or "the theory of quantum mechanics", or "a quantum
mechanical calculation"? I note that he does not discuss such
categories
anywhere in his lectures.
I have noted that beginning elementary and high school teachers, when
unsure of their subject matter, tend to emphasize names and
definitions.
I think that i9 because the leaqrning of names and definitions is the
easiest kind of teaching that can be readily measured. Standardized
tests
are easy to construct for such purposes.
I suggest that the best answer to the question that starte this thread
is: "Call it what you want; a rose by any other name sould smell as
sweet." On second thought, I would not compare the quotation under
discussion with "a rose."
Regards,
Jack
"A PRINCIPLE TO REMEMBER. In a chemical
change the atoms in substances are rearranged
to make one or more new substances. The result
is a change in composition."