The conceptual foundations of physics have been under constant revision from the outset| and remain so today. Discussion of foundational issues has always been a major source of progress in science| on a par with empirical knowledge and mathematics. Examples include the debates on the nature of space and time involving Newton and later Einstein; on the nature of heat and of energy; on irreversibility and probability due to Boltzmann; on the nature of matter and observation measurement during the early days of quantum theory; on the meaning of renormalisation| and many others. Today| insightful reflection on the conceptual structure utilised in our efforts to understand the physical world is of particular value| given the serious unsolved problems that are likely to demand| once again| modifications of the grammar of our scientific description of the physical world. The quantum properties of gravity| the nature of measurement in quantum mechanics| the primary source of irreversibility| the role of information in physics – all these are examples of questions about which science is still confused and whose solution may well demand more than skilled mathematics and new experiments. Foundations of Physics is a privileged forum for discussing such foundational issues| open to physicists| cosmologists| philosophers and mathematicians. It is devoted to the conceptual bases of the fundamental theories of physics and cosmology| to their logical| methodological| and philosophical premises. The journal welcomes papers on issues such as the foundations of special and general relativity| quantum theory| classical and quantum field theory| quantum gravity| unified theories| thermodynamics| statistical mechanics| cosmology| and similar.
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