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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Physics | 0:e upplagan

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Physics | 0:e upplagan

  • Danskt band, Engelska, 2013
  • Författare: David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh, Chris Brown, David Neumeyer, Eric H Cline, Donald A. (EDT) Ritchie, David Schlosberg, Ulinka Rublack, John M. Meyer, Earl J. Hess, Cheryl Hall, Lorien Foote, Jonathan Owens, Deborah L. Nichols, Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría, Sonia Alconini, R. Alan Covey, Teena Gabrielson, Shigeru Miyagawa, Mamoru Saito
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This Oxford Handbook provides an overview of many of the topics that currently engage philosophers of physics. It surveys new issues and the problems that have become a focus of attention in recent years. It also provides up-to-date discussions of the still very important problems that dominated the field in the past.

In the late 20th Century, the philosophy of physics was largely focused on orthodox Quantum Mechanics and Relativity Theory. The measurement problem, the question of the possibility of hidden variables, and the nature of quantum locality dominated the literature on the quantum mechanics, whereas questions about relationalism vs. substantivalism, and issues about underdetermination of theories dominated the literature on spacetime. These issues still receive considerable attention from philosophers, but many have shifted their attentions to other questions related to quantum mechanics and to spacetime theories. Quantum field theory has become a major focus, particularly from the point of view of algebraic foundations. Concurrent with these trends, there has been a focus on understanding gauge invariance and symmetries.

The philosophy of physics has evolved even further in recent years with attention being paid to theories that, for the most part, were largely ignored in the past. For example, the relationship between thermodynamics and statistical mechanics---once thought to be a paradigm instance of unproblematic theory reduction---is now a hotly debated topic. The implicit, and sometimes explicit, reductionist methodology of both philosophers and physicists has been severely criticized and attention has now turned to the explanatory and descriptive roles of "non-fundamental,'' phenomenological theories. This shift of attention includes "old'' theories such as classical mechanics, once deemed to be of little philosophical interest. Furthermore, some philosophers have become more interested in "less fundamental'' contemporary physics such as condensed matter theory. Questions abound with implications for the nature of models, idealizations, and explanation in physics. This Handbook showcases all these aspects of this complex and dynamic discipline.

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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Physics av David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh, Chris Brown, David Neumeyer, Eric H Cline, Donald A. (EDT) Ritchie, David Schlosberg, Ulinka Rublack, John M. Meyer, Earl J. Hess, Cheryl Hall, Lorien Foote, Jonathan Owens, Deborah L. Nichols, Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría, Sonia Alconini, R. Alan Covey, Teena Gabrielson, Shigeru Miyagawa och Mamoru Saito är en Danskt band bok med 704 sidor på Engelska. Den utgavs 2013 av Oxford University Press.

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Bandtyp:
Danskt band
Språk:
Engelska
ISBN:
9780195392043
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Utgiven:
2013-03-14
Förlag:
Oxford University Press
Sidantal:
704

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