Physical Phenomenon

A Physical Phenomenon is an instance of causal interaction between physical entities.

• AKA: Occurrence.
• Context:
  • It must occur in Space-Time.
  • It can be a member of a Phenomena.
  • It can have Observable Effects.
  • It can be experienced by an Agent.
  • It can obey Physical Laws.
  • It can occur within a Physical System.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • The collision of two metal balls at a specific point and time (and the transfer of force between them).
  • A Chemical Reaction (between two molecules at a specific point and time.)
  • Electrical Phenomena.
  • Doppler Effect.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Abstract Phenomena, such as a fictional phenomena.
• See: Thing, Hypothesis, Observable.

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References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Physical_phenomena

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phenomenon Retrieved:2016-5-8.
  • A phenomenon (Greek: φαινόμενoν, phainomenon, from the verb φαίνειν, phainein, to show, shine, appear, to be manifest or manifest itself, plural phenomena), is any thing which manifests itself. Phenomena are often, but not always, understood as "things that appear" or “experiences" for a sentient being, or in principle may be so.

    The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon. In contrast to a phenomenon, a noumenon is not directly accessible to observation. Kant was heavily influenced by Leibniz in this part of his philosophy, in which phenomenon and noumenon serve as interrelated technical terms.

2009

• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomena_(philosophy)
  • In philosophy, phenomenon is an observable event or physical manifestation capable of being observed by the human senses. Phenomena is the plural form.
• http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
  • phenomenon - a remarkable development

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