Interpreting Bodies : : Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics / / ed. by Elena Castellani.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
| Ano de Publicação: | 2021 |
| Idioma: | English |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 6 tables 15 line illus. |
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Sumário:
- 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