The Frontiers of Theory Development in Physics: A Methodological Study in its Dynamical Complexity

This book addresses the question of how to articulate the scientific framework of problem and theory development, taken in its dynamic complexity, at the active frontiers of physics. The traditional explications of scientific progress and growth of knowledge simply do not address this question. In this book, professors Pandit and Dosch explain how dynamic core-context building from within physics itself shapes the structure of scientific reasoning and drives the internal development of physics. The authors explain theory development and unification by arguing that the methodology and frontiers of problem and theory development are shaped by the dynamic core-context and resolving power of physical theory itself.

Hans G. Dosch is professor of theoretical physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Giridhari L. Pandit is a fellow of the Alexander von Humbolt Foundation and research collaborator at Heidelberg. Pandit is currently a visiting professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India.