The complementarity of the narrative and mathematical thoughts in the development of General Theory of Relativity
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2017v34n3p745Abstract
This work investigates the role of languages and thoughts involved in the processes of scientific creation. The relevance of Mathematics in Physics is highlighted. But what is the epistemological role played by Mathematics in the construction of Physics? Is the scientist able to physically interpret nature only by using formal languages and thoughts, especially structured by mathematics? Our hypothesis is that the answer to this question is negative. We find in the ideas of the psychologist Jerome Bruner a way to take our discussion forward. From the ideas of this author and our will to investigate the role of non-formal thoughts and languages in the construction of Physics, the following question was raised: What is the role of narratives and Mathematics in the construction of Physics? To delineate a possible answer to this question, we take as context of our research some "chapters" of the construction of the General Theory of Relativity. Our research has shown that important mental experiments in the development of this theory were built from the narrative and mathematical thoughts. We understand that both thoughts were present in the context studied, in a complementary way.
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