Interpreting Bodies: Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics

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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Aerts, Diederik (MitwirkendeR), Born, Max (MitwirkendeR), Castellani, Elena (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn), Chiara, Dalla (MitwirkendeR), Fraassen, Bas (MitwirkendeR), Francia, Giuliano (MitwirkendeR), French, Steven (MitwirkendeR), Ghirardi, Gian (MitwirkendeR), Giuntini, R. (MitwirkendeR), Heisenberg, Werner (MitwirkendeR), Krause, D. (MitwirkendeR), Lewis, David (MitwirkendeR), Maudlin, Tim (MitwirkendeR), Mittelstaedt, Peter (MitwirkendeR), Peruzzi, Giulio (MitwirkendeR), Reichenbach, Hans (MitwirkendeR), Schrödinger, Erwin (MitwirkendeR), Teller, Paul (MitwirkendeR)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2021]
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Zusammenfassung: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 "foundational" 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
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Feb 2021)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (344 pages) 6 tables 15 line illus
ISBN:9780691222042
DOI:10.1515/9780691222042

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