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The starting point for the entire presentation is the concept of concrete objects. We regard this concept as a primary one, which cannot be reduced to any simpler concepts, and will only try to explain it. We perceive concrete objects in the most usual, trivial sense, that is, as quite definite, actually existing objects. It is precisely concrete objects that are the subject of any direct experimental study (observation, measurement, etc.)
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Mayants, L. (1984). Principal Concepts. In: The Enigma of Probability and Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6294-1_1
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