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The Philosophy of Quantum Physics

By: Cord Friebe,Meinard Kuhlmann,Holger Lyre,Paul M. Näger,Oliver Passon,Manfred Stöckler

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The Philosophy of Quantum Physics

By: Cord Friebe,Meinard Kuhlmann,Holger Lyre,Paul M. Näger,Oliver Passon,Manfred Stöckler

This book provides a thorough and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of quantum physics. Although quantum theory is renowned for its spectacular empirical successes, controversial discussion about how it should be understood continue to rage today. In this volume, the authors provide an overview of its numerous philosophical challenges: Do quantum objects violate the principle of causality? Are particles of the same type indistinguishable and therefore not individual entities? Do quantum objects retain their identity over time? How does a compound quantum system relate to its parts? These questions are answered here within different interpretational approaches to quantum theory. Finally, moving to Quantum Field Theory, we find that the problem of non-locality is exacerbated. Philosophy of quantum physics is aimed at philosophers with an interest in physics, while also serving to familiarize physicists with many of the essential philosophical questions of their subject.

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The Ultimate Constituents of the Material World

In Search of an Ontology for Fundamental Physics

By: Meinard Kuhlmann

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In Search of an Ontology for Fundamental Physics

By: Meinard Kuhlmann

Today, quantum field theory (QFT) is the best starting point for analyzing the fundamental building blocks of the material world. QFT yields a picture of the world that is at variance with central classical conceptions. The core of Kuhlmann's investigation consists in the analysis of various ontological interpretations of QFT. Eventually, Kuhlmann proposes a dispositional trope ontology, according to which particularized properties and not things are the most basic entities.

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Ontos Verlag

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3868380728

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The Philosophy of Quantum Physics

By: Cord Friebe,Meinard Kuhlmann,Holger Lyre,Paul M. Näger,Oliver Passon,Manfred Stöckler

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By: Cord Friebe,Meinard Kuhlmann,Holger Lyre,Paul M. Näger,Oliver Passon,Manfred Stöckler

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Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory

By: Meinard Kuhlmann,Holger Lyre,Andrew Wayne

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Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory

By: Meinard Kuhlmann,Holger Lyre,Andrew Wayne

Quantum field theory (QFT) provides the framework for many fundamental theories in modern physics, and over the last few years there has been growing interest in its historical and philosophical foundations. This anthology on the foundations of QFT brings together 15 essays by well-known researchers in physics, the philosophy of physics, and analytic philosophy.Many of these essays were first presented as papers at the conference ?Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory?, held at the Zentrum fr interdisziplinre Forschung (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany. The essays contain cutting-edge work on ontological aspects of QFT, including: the role of measurement and experimental evidence, corpuscular versus field-theoretic interpretations of QFT, the interpretation of gauge symmetry, and localization.This book is ideally suited to anyone with an interest in the foundations of quantum physics, including physicists, philosophers and historians of physics, as well as general readers interested in philosophy or science.

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World Scientific

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9812381821

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9789812381828

The Ultimate Constituents of the Material World

In Search of an Ontology for Fundamental Physics

By: Meinard Kuhlmann

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In Search of an Ontology for Fundamental Physics

By: Meinard Kuhlmann

Today, quantum field theory (QFT)—the mathematical and conceptual framework for contemporary elementary particle physics—is the best starting point for analysing the fundamental building blocks of the material world. QFT if taken seriously in its metaphysical implications yields a picture of the world that is at variance with central classical conceptions. The core of Kuhlmann’s investigation consists in the analysis of various ontological interpretations of QFT, e.g. substance ontologies as well as a process-ontological approach. Eventually, Kuhlmann proposes a dispositional trope ontology, according to which particularized properties and not things are the most basic entities, in terms of which all other entities are to be analysed, e.g as bundles of properties. This book was chosen for the 2009 ontos-Award for research on analytical ontology and metaphysics by the German Society for Analytical Philosophy.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110326124

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The Philosophy of Quantum Physics

The Philosophy of Quantum Physics

The Ultimate Constituents of the Material World

The Ultimate Constituents of the Material World

The Philosophy of Quantum Physics

The Philosophy of Quantum Physics

Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory

Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory

The Ultimate Constituents of the Material World

The Ultimate Constituents of the Material World

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