Interpreting Bodies (eBook)

Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics

Elena Castellani (Herausgeber)

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2020
344 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22204-2 (ISBN)

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Bewildering features of modern physics, such as relativistic space-time structure and the peculiarities of so-called quantum statistics, challenge traditional ways of conceiving of objects in space and time. Interpreting Bodies brings together essays by leading philosophers and scientists to provide a unique overview of the implications of such physical theories for questions about the nature of objects. The collection combines classic articles by Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Hans Reichenbach, and Erwin Schrodinger with recent contributions, including several papers that have never before been published. The book focuses on the microphysical objects that are at the heart of quantum physics and addresses issues central to both the "e;foundational"e; and the philosophical debates about objects. Contributors explore three subjects in particular: how to identify a physical object as an individual, the notion of invariance with respect to determining what objects are or could be, and how to relate objective and measurable properties to a physical entity. The papers cover traditional philosophical topics, common-sense questions, and technical matters in a consistently clear and rigorous fashion, illuminating some of the most perplexing problems in modern physics and the philosophy of science. The contributors are Diederik Aerts, Max Born, Elena Castellani, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Bas C. van Fraassen, Steven French, Gian Carlo Ghirardi, Roberto Giuntini, Werner Heisenberg, Decio Krause, David Lewis, Tim Maudlin, Peter Mittelstaedt, Giulio Peruzzi, Hans Reichenbach, Erwin Schrodinger, Paul Teller, and Giuliano Toraldo di Francia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 6 tables 15 line illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: Amalgamation • Antimatter • Antinomy • asymptotic freedom • atomic theory • Atomism • Axiom • Bearing of Atomism • Bell's theorem • Bertrand paradox (probability) • Bose–Einstein statistics • Broken Symmetry • Causality • classical mechanics • Classical physics • color charge • Concluding Remarks • confessions • Correlation • Counterpart theory • de Broglie–Bohm theory • Degenerate matter • Dissonance • elementary particle • energy level • Equiprobability • Equivalence Principle • Erlanger Programm • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Extrapolation • Fermi–Dirac statistics • Fermion • Fermions • Field Theory • Fock space • Framework • Free parameter • Galilean Particles • Galilean Transformation • galilei group • Gauge Theory • Gedankenexperiment • Gleason's theorem • Graviton • Grenzbegriff • group-theoretic approach • Haecceity • Hidden variable theory • hilbert space • Holism • idealization • Identical particles • Identity of indiscernibles • "Individual Objects • individuation principle • Instrumentalism • Internal Perceptions • Interpretations of quantum mechanics • Interpreting the Labels" • Invariants • Legitimacy • Lepton • logocentric • Lorentz covariance • Materialism • Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics • Measurement • Measurement in quantum mechanics • measurement problem • Mental world • Mereology • Microscopic Systems • Minkowski space • Modern Physics • multiplicity • Nature of Waves • Neutrino • Niels Bohr • nomological • Notion of Identity • Nucleon • objectuation • On the Plurality of Worlds • Orthodox • Particle physics • particle statistics • Path integral formulation • Pauli Exclusion Principle • philosophical problems • Philosophy of Physics • Photon • physical body • physical cosmology • physical objects • physical system • physics beyond the standard model • Pointer state • Point particle • Probability • Probability Theory • Prolegomena • Psychophysical parallelism • Q-predicates • quantum electrodynamics • quantum entanglement • quantum field theory • Quantum Gravity • Quantum Logic • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • Quantum Particles • Quantum probability • Quantum Reality • quantum state • quantum superposition • quantum system • reductionism • Relativity of simultaneity • renormalization • scattering • Science • simpliciter • Simultaneity • S-Matrix Theory • Special relativity • Status of Haecceities • Stern–Gerlach experiment • Stochastic Nature • strangeness • Superselection • supervaluations • temporal parts • Test particle • theoretical physics • theory • Theory of relativity • The Philosopher • tim maudlin • Transcendental idealism • Treatise of Human Nature • Uncertainty Principle • wave function • Wave function collapse • Wave–particle duality
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22204-5 / 0691222045
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22204-2 / 9780691222042