The Notion Of An End Of Theoretical Physics Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Gribbin (1989: 215):

But, by and large, [before about 1900] the division of the world into particles and waves seemed clear-cut, and physics seemed to be on the threshold of dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's.  In short, the end of theoretical physics and the solution to all the great puzzles seemed to be in sight.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, theoretical physics is a semiotic system, and semiotic systems are evolutionary systems that adaptively change as the environment in which they function changes.  On this basis, there is no end to theoretical physics in the sense of "complete" knowledge — just further potential speciation, with the extinction of those lineages of thought that no longer fit.