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En su “proceso de conversión a las ondas hercianas”, partiendo de sus estudios sobre electrodinámica, Hertz elaboró una reflexión filosófica, de raíz kantiana, sobre el estatuto, objetivos, finalidad, resultados y límites de una teoría física, últimamente reconducible a leyes simples de la mecánica. Dado que los mismos fenómenos físicos pueden ser descritos por una multiplicidad de teorías — que son “imágenes” o “representaciones” de la estructura legal de las relaciones causales de objectos reales —, ellas no dicen como es ontológicamente la naturaleza, sino como la vestimos para conocer correctamente las previsiones experimentales, sin ambigüedad. Consecuentemente, los experimentos testan la corrección (validad) de una teoría y no su veracidad. Para elegir entre teoríasimagen y llegar a su núcleo más simple y común, Hertz presenta tres criterios metodológicos, exigiendo a la vez que la estructura teórica de los principios de la mecánica sea hipotético-deductiva. Su propuesta consiste, pues, en juntar una filosofía con una geometrización de la mecánica.
In his “process of conversion to Hertzian waves”, starting from his stud-ies on electrodynamics, Hertz elaborated a philosophical reflection, of Kantian roots, on the status, objectives, purpose, results, and limits of a physical theory, ultimately traced back to simple laws of mechanics. Since the samephysical phe-nomena can be described by a multiplicityof theories —which are “images”or “representations”of the legal structure of the causal relations of real objects —, they do not say how nature ontologically is, but how we dress it to correctly knowthe experimental predictions, without ambiguity. Consequently, experiments test only the correctness(validity) of a theory and not its veracity. To choose between image-theories and arrive at their simplest and most common nucleus, Hertz pre-sents three methodological criteria, demanding, at the same time, that the theoretical structure of the principles of mechanics be hypothetical-deductive. His proposal consists, then, in joining a phi-losophy with a geometrization of mechanics.
In his “process of conversion to Hertzian waves”, starting from his stud-ies on electrodynamics, Hertz elaborated a philosophical reflection, of Kantian roots, on the status, objectives, purpose, results, and limits of a physical theory, ultimately traced back to simple laws of mechanics. Since the samephysical phe-nomena can be described by a multiplicityof theories —which are “images”or “representations”of the legal structure of the causal relations of real objects —, they do not say how nature ontologically is, but how we dress it to correctly knowthe experimental predictions, without ambiguity. Consequently, experiments test only the correctness(validity) of a theory and not its veracity. To choose between image-theories and arrive at their simplest and most common nucleus, Hertz pre-sents three methodological criteria, demanding, at the same time, that the theoretical structure of the principles of mechanics be hypothetical-deductive. His proposal consists, then, in joining a phi-losophy with a geometrization of mechanics.
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Teoría física Mecánica Electrodinámica Campo electromagnético Ondas hercianas Imagen (Bild) Representación (Darstellung) Concepto (Vorstellung) Geometría riemanniana Masas ocultas Maxwell Helmholtz Physical theory Mechanics Electrodynamics Electromagnetic field Hertzian waves Image (Bild) Representation (Darstellung) Concept (Vorstellung) Riemannian geometry Hidden masses