An introduction to the philosophy of physics: locality, fields, energy, and mass
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| Beschreibung: | XVII, 320 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
ix
1
What is
Spatiotemporal
Locality?
1
1
The Big Picture
1
2
Causal Relations between Events
3
3
Action by Contact
7
4
Spatial, Temporal, and
Spatiotemporal
Locality
Denned
13
5
Intrinsic Properties and Noncausal Connections
17
Discussion Questions
23
Notes
24
2
Fields to the Rescue?
26
1
The Electric Force
26
2
The Electric Field and its Possible Interpretations
32
3
Potentials
42
4
Lines of Force
47
Discussion Questions
61
Notes
65
3
Dispositions and Causes
67
1
Introduction
67
2
Dispositions, Categorical Bases, and Subjunctive
Conditionals
71
3
Are the Categorical Bases in Themselves
Unknowable?
79
VI
CONTENTS
Discussion Questions
90
Notes
92
4
Locality and Scientific Explanation
94
1
Is
Action
at
a Distance Impossible?
94
2
Brute
Facts and Ultimate Explanations
95
3
Which Facts are Brute?
100
Discussion Questions
107
Notes
110
5
Fields, Energy, and Momentum 111
1
Introduction
111
2
The Argument from Conserved Quantities
112
3
Why Energy s Ontological Status Matters
120
4
Energy in Classical Physics
125
5
Energy in the Fields
131
6
Energy Flow and the Poynting Vector
136
7
A Moral Regarding the Testability of Theories
153
Discussion Questions
157
Notes
162
6
Is there Nothing but Fields?
165
1
Is Electric Charge Real?
165
2
Faraday s Picture
167
Discussion Questions
171
Notes
173
7
Relativity and the Unification of Electricity and
Magnetism
175
1
Unification in Physics
175
2
How Relativity Unifies Electricity and Magnetism
180
3
Einstein s Argument from Asymmetry
186
4
The Interdependence of Philosophy and Physics
199
Discussion Questions
201
Notes
203
8
Relativity, Energy, Mass, and the Reality of
Fields
205
1
Classical Physics and the Relativity of Motion
206
2
Relativistic Invariants and the Unification that
Relativity Achieves: Space and Time
210
CONTENTS
VII
3
Relativistic Invariants
and the Unification that
Relativity Achieves: Energy and Momentum
221
4
Mass and the Meaning of
£ =
mr
224
5
Fields
-
At Last!
240
6
Erasing the Line between Scientific Theory and its
Philosophical Interpretation
249
Discussion Questions
250
Notes
252
9
Quantum Metaphysics
255
1
Is Quantum Mechanics Complete?
255
2
The Bell Inequalities
263
3
For Whom the Bell Tolls
271
4
Wrestling with Nonlocality
280
5
Entanglement, Reduction, and Intrinsic Properties
286
Discussion Questions
298
Notes
300
Finai
Exam
302
References
305
Index
316
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| adam_txt |
Contents
Preface
ix
1
What is
Spatiotemporal
Locality?
1
1
The Big Picture
1
2
Causal Relations between Events
3
3
Action by Contact
7
4
Spatial, Temporal, and
Spatiotemporal
Locality
Denned
13
5
Intrinsic Properties and Noncausal Connections
17
Discussion Questions
23
Notes
24
2
Fields to the Rescue?
26
1
The Electric Force
26
2
The Electric Field and its Possible Interpretations
32
3
Potentials
42
4
Lines of Force
47
Discussion Questions
61
Notes
65
3
Dispositions and Causes
67
1
Introduction
67
2
Dispositions, Categorical Bases, and Subjunctive
Conditionals
71
3
Are the Categorical Bases in Themselves
Unknowable?
79
VI
CONTENTS
Discussion Questions
90
Notes
92
4
Locality and Scientific Explanation
94
1
Is
Action
at
a Distance Impossible?
94
2
Brute
Facts and Ultimate Explanations
95
3
Which Facts are Brute?
100
Discussion Questions
107
Notes
110
5
Fields, Energy, and Momentum 111
1
Introduction
111
2
The Argument from Conserved Quantities
112
3
Why Energy's Ontological Status Matters
120
4
Energy in Classical Physics
125
5
Energy in the Fields
131
6
Energy Flow and the Poynting Vector
136
7
A Moral Regarding the Testability of Theories
153
Discussion Questions
157
Notes
162
6
Is there Nothing but Fields?
165
1
Is Electric Charge Real?
165
2
Faraday's Picture
167
Discussion Questions
171
Notes
173
7
Relativity and the Unification of Electricity and
Magnetism
175
1
Unification in Physics
175
2
How Relativity' Unifies Electricity and Magnetism
180
3
Einstein's Argument from Asymmetry
186
4
The Interdependence of Philosophy and Physics
199
Discussion Questions
201
Notes
203
8
Relativity, Energy, Mass, and the Reality of
Fields
205
1
Classical Physics and the "Relativity of Motion"
206
2
Relativistic Invariants and the Unification that
Relativity Achieves: Space and Time
210
CONTENTS
VII
3
Relativistic Invariants
and the Unification that
Relativity Achieves: Energy and Momentum
221
4
Mass and the Meaning of
"£ =
mr"
224
5
Fields
-
At Last!
240
6
Erasing the Line between Scientific Theory and its
Philosophical Interpretation
249
Discussion Questions
250
Notes
252
9
Quantum Metaphysics
255
1
Is Quantum Mechanics Complete?
255
2
The Bell Inequalities
263
3
For Whom the Bell Tolls
271
4
Wrestling with Nonlocality
280
5
Entanglement, Reduction, and Intrinsic Properties
286
Discussion Questions
298
Notes
300
Finai
Exam
302
References
305
Index
316 |
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