Answer by Dave for Should scientific theories be self-consistent?
I'm unaware of any cases where formal mathematical inconsistency is not viewed as being due to, or indicative of, the limited domain of applicability of the theory. Self energy of the electron? Well,...
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We are drawn to classical logic, but we seldom use it in real life. When we approach a moral decision, or devise a system of law, we do not avoid conflicts, we presuppose methods for working them out...
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First, I assume that by a scientific theory you mean in fact a theory of physics; and we mean by this an actual one - one in which calculations can be made and predictions predicted.Then until one...
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Bridgeman writes in A Physicist's Second Reaction to Mengenlehre:"The feeling that actually existing things are not self-contradictory is so elemental as to almost constitute a definition of what we...
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