Physics Concept Space: An Application of Fischer’s Thought Space

A Physics Concept Space is constructed using Fischer’s Thought Space, a general thought space that explains how individuals continually construct thoughts and modify them through conscious actions on events ( Aes ) in Physical Sociocultural Environments ( PSCEs ) from birth throughout the life span. Thought Developmental Equations (TDE) that operate on the physics concept space take two physics concepts and construct new concepts using the operations augmented-intercoordination (⊗), compounding (⊕), and shift of focus ( ). Diffisimliar metric d p , a measure for the number of similar, different , and non-diffesimilable properties and an individual’s comprehension of thoughts at a given time, reveals the development and connectedness of the concept space through the life span. At any given time, only the part of the space associated with actions ( Aes ) is active while they are being performed. No two concept spaces activated simultaneously or at two different times are the same, but the construction mechanism is the same. Granott’s transition process and the d p explain the underlying cognitive process. Furthermore, several properties of physics concept space such as near and far connectedness, continuum space, bases, subspaces, multiplicity, product spaces, and dynamic nature, along with the skills required to construct physics space, are discussed. The properties of the space show that it is a highly connected space, supporting a tenet of the epistemology of physics.