DOI: 10.1086/286316. On the Method of Theoretical Physics

10.1086/286316

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Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Philosophy of Science (56)

Abstract

If you wish to learn from the theoretical physicist anything about the methods which he uses, I would give you the following piece of advice: Don't listen to his words, examine his achievements. For to the discoverer in that field, the constructions of his imagination appear so necessary and so natural that he is apt to treat them not as the creations of his thoughts but as given realities.

Bibliography

Einstein, A. (1934). On the Method of Theoretical Physics. Philosophy of Science, 1(2), 163â169.

Authors 1

Albert Einstein (first)

References 0 Referenced 200

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Dates

Type	When
Created	22 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 25, 2002, 12:52 p.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 5 months ago (March 14, 2022, 9:29 a.m.)
Indexed	2 weeks, 5 days ago (Aug. 19, 2025, 6:29 a.m.)
Issued	91 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1934)
Published	91 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1934)
Published Online	3 years, 5 months ago (March 14, 2022)
Published Print	91 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1934)

Funders 0

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BibTeX

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