Interpreting Bodies : : Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics / / ed. by Elena Castellani.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aerts, Diederik,; Born, Max,; Castellani, Elena,; Chiara, Dalla,; Fraassen, Bas,; Francia, Giuliano,; French, Steven,; Ghirardi, Gian,; Giuntini, R.,; Heisenberg, Werner,; Krause, D.,; Lewis, David,; Maudlin, Tim,; Mittelstaedt, Peter,; Peruzzi, Giulio,; Reichenbach, Hans,; Schrödinger, Erwin,; Teller, Paul,
• HerausgeberIn: Castellani, Elena,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 6 tables 15 line illus.

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: OBJECTS AND INDIVIDUALITY -- 1. A World of Individual Objects? -- 2. Many, but Almost One -- 3. Part and Whole in Quantum Mechanics -- 4. The Genidentity of Quantum Particles -- 5. The Problem of Indistinguishable Particles -- 6. On the Withering Away of Physical Objects -- 7. Quantum Mechanics and Haecceities -- 8. Quasiset Theories for Microobjects: A Comparison -- PART TWO: OBJECTS AND INVARIANCE -- 9. Physical Reality -- 10. The Constitution of Objects in Kant's Philosophy and in Modern Physics -- 11. Galilean Particles: An Example of Constitution of Objects -- PART THREE: OBJECTS AND MEASUREMENT -- 12. What Is an Elementary Particle? -- 13. The Nature of Elementary Particles -- 14. The Entity and Modern Physics: The Creation-Discovery View of Reality -- 15. Dynamical Reduction Theories as a Natural Basis for a Realistic Worldview -- 16. Microphysical Objects and Experimental Evidence -- Bibliography