Metaphysics in contemporary physics

by Bigaj, Tomasz Wüthrich, Christian

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Full title :Metaphysics in contemporary physics / edited by Tomasz Bigaj, Christian Wüthrich.

Summary

This book is a collection of essays whose topics center around relations between analytic metaphysics and modern physical theories. The contributions to the volume cover a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from metaphysical implications of selected physical theories (quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, general relativity, string theory et cetera), to specific problems in scientifically-oriented analytic metaphysics, such as the problem of emergence and reduction, the part-whole relation, and the question of objecthood, properties and individuality on the fundamental level of reality. The authors of the contributions are philosophers of science, physicists and metaphysicians of international renown, and their work represents the cutting edge in modern metaphysics of physical sciences. Contributors are: Tomasz Bigaj, Jessica Bloom, Nazim Bouatta, Jeremy Butterfield, Adam Caulton, Dennis Dieks, Mauro Dorato, Michael Esfeld, Steven French, Andreas Hu¿ttemann, Marek Kus¿¿, Douglas Kutach, Vincent Lam, Olimpia Lombardi, Kerry McKenzie, Thomas M©ıller-Nielsen, Matteo Morganti, Ioan Muntean, Dean Rickles, Antonio Vassallo, Jessica Wilson, Christian Wu¿thrich.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill Rodopi
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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Description:1 online resource (485 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9004310827, 9789004310827
oclc:ocn939915742
LC Classification:B67
Dewey Decimal:530.01

Metaphysics in Contemporary Physics; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Rethinking Outside the Toolbox: Reflecting Again on the Relationship between Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics.; Ontology: An Empirical Fundamentalist Approach.; Quantum Structure and Spacetime.; Things Ain't What They Used to Be. Physics Without Objects; Particles in a Quantum Ontology of Properties; Essentialism and Modern Physics; Symmetry and Qualitativity; Relational Time; General Covariance, Diffeomorphism Invariance, and Background Independence in 5 Dimensions.

A Metaphysics from String Dualities: Pluralism, Fundamentalism, ModalityIs Mereology Empirical? Composition for Fermions.; Physicalism and the Part-Whole Relation; Metaphysical Emergence: Weak and Strong; The Metaphysics of Laws: Dispositionalism vs. Primitivism; Classical and Quantum Sources of Randomness; Renormalization for Philosophers.

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First philosophy Metaphysics Métaphysique Philosophie et sciences Philosophy and science Physics -- Philosophy Physique -- Philosophie Quantum theory -- Philosophy SCIENCE -- Energy SCIENCE -- Mechanics SCIENCE -- Physics Théorie quantique -- Philosophie