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It seems to me that there are deep philosophical lessons to be learned in the way in which the practicing theoretical physicist thinks about the foundations of the subject, i. e., the manner in which he approaches the problems, the general criteria he brings to bear on what is a reasonable solution. So, the important thing then is to display the general world view, the world picture that the theoretical physicists has.
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Schwinger, J. (2001). Prologue. In: Englert, BG. (eds) Quantum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04589-3_1
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