Physics Curriculum for the 21st Century

Katalin Martinas () and Balint Tremmel
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Katalin Martinas: Eotvos Lorand University
Balint Tremmel: Eotvos Lorand University

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, 2014, vol. 12, issue 2, 176-186

Abstract: In this paper we argue that, in Kuhn's term, phenomenological thermodynamics and Newtonian physics are incommensurable, while phenomenological thermodynamics, naive physics and Aristotelian physics are commensurable paradigms. Teaching based on phenomenological thermodynamics eliminates the incommensurability problem. Also, a physics curriculum based on phenomenological thermodynamics is outlined, in which Newtonian equations are introduced only at a later stage, as a well-working model of the world.

Keywords: physics teaching; paradigms; Aristotle; phenomenological thermodynamics; exergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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