sci.physics.electromag

"Autymn D. C." wrote in message
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On Mar 8, 1:28 pm, "Timo A. Nieminen" wrote:
> "Benj" wrote in message
>
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On Mar 8, 7:00 pm, "Timo A. Nieminen" wrote:
> > Whoa! Is this a cheap debating trick? This is sort of getting to be
> > about semantics. If you wish to define a 'field" as the observed
> > forces and actions of charges moving and static then everything you
> > say is correct. However that is NOT my definition. I say that the
> > charges and the forces are observed reality. Field theory is a model
> > IMPOSED upon that reality. To me this isn't dogma it's logic.
>
> Please excuse my putting my nose into this.
> However I believe the above is the core of the disagreement here.
> Some see a field generally as the area in which forces are observed and
can
> be measured. Others as the phenomena itself.

>Why don't you write "phenomenons itself"?
Fair point Aut..