Physics, structure, and reality
by North, Jill
Jill North offers answers to questions at the heart of the project of interpreting physics. How do we figure out the nature of the world from a mathematically formulated theory? What do we infer about the world when a physical theory can be mathematically formulated in different ways? The notion of structure is crucial to North's answers.
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- Full title :Physics, structure, and reality / Jill North.
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Jill North offers answers to questions at the heart of the project of interpreting physics. How do we figure out the nature of the world from a mathematically formulated theory? What do we infer about the world when a physical theory can be mathematically formulated in different ways? The notion of structure is crucial to North's answers.
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- Publication Date:©2021
- Edition:First edition
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2021
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (252 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780192646477, 0192646478, 9780192646460, 019264646X, 9780191915239, 0191915238
- oclc:on1249470326
- LC Classification:QC6
- Dewey Decimal:530.01
Table of Contents
Introduction -- What is Structure? Why Care about It? -- Inferences about Structure -- Classical Mechanics -- Spatiotemporal Structure -- Realism about Structure -- On the Equivalence of Physical Theories
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