Interpreting physics: language and the classical/quantum divide
by MacKinnon, Edward M., (Edward Michael)
This book is the first to offer a systematic account of the role of language in the development and interpretation of physics. An historical-conceptual analysis of the co-evolution of mathematical and physical concepts leads ti the classical/quatum interface. Bohrian orthodoxy stresses the indispensability of classical concepts and the functional role of mathematics. We analyze ways of extending and then going beyond this orthodoxy orthodoxy. Finally, the book analyzes how a revised interpretat…
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- Full title :Interpreting physics : language and the classical/quantum divide / by Edward MacKinnon.
Summary
This book is the first to offer a systematic account of the role of language in the development and interpretation of physics. An historical-conceptual analysis of the co-evolution of mathematical and physical concepts leads ti the classical/quatum interface. Bohrian orthodoxy stresses the indispensability of classical concepts and the functional role of mathematics. We analyze ways of extending and then going beyond this orthodoxy orthodoxy. Finally, the book analyzes how a revised interpretation of physics impacts on basic philosophical issues: conceptual revolutions, realism, and reductionism.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:Dordrecht
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 268 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789400723689, 9400723687, 9789400723696, 9400723695
- oclc:ocn740626589
- LC Classification:QC174.13
- Dewey Decimal:530.01
Table of Contents
A philosophical overview -- From categories to quantitative concepts -- The unification of classical physics -- The interpretation of classical physics -- Orthodox quantum mechanics -- Beyond a minimal basis -- Interpreting quantum mechanics -- Realism and reductionism.
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