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Physics is a science that has a fixed methodological framework. Regardless of the specific content of an investigation, the way in which problems are posed and the methods by which they are solved are firmly established. The methods can be learned and, in principle, can be applied to any unresolved question. The results obtained in this way are always answers that are given in a clearly defined manner to questions formulated and posed by physics with similar clarity. In some respects the range of problems that can be confronted by this science is therefore already fixed by its methodological framework.
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Mittelstaedt, P. (1976). Introduction. In: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9617-1_1
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