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One of the main activities of human beings has always been to understand the laws ruling the external world, in order to keep it under control as much as possible. A theoretical scenario for an overall representation of the world provides a practical tool for this purpose. Such a scenario is usually built by combining knowledge obtained from everyday observations into a general framework containing all those a priori beliefs necessary for a complete and satisfactory global view of the world. New knowledge, however, is not always compatible with existing scenarios, and gives rise to questions requiring answers capable of eliminating any recognized contradictions. New and careful observations do provide the desired answers, but at the cost of modifying, sometimes drastically, existing scenarios. In the long run this results in a reduction of our a priori beliefs, with the advantage of achieving a more precise and complete representation of the universe.
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Buccheri, R. (2003). The Intelligibility of Nature, the Endophysical Paradigm and the Relationship Between Physical and Psychological Time. In: Buccheri, R., Saniga, M., Stuckey, W.M. (eds) The Nature of Time: Geometry, Physics and Perception. NATO Science Series, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0155-7_41
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