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Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

By Edward MacKinnon (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2012
ISBN
9400723687, 9789400723689, 9789400723696
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-2369-6
ISSN
0068-0346
Open Library ID
OL25205890M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1708472 bytes)
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 289
Volume
289
Edition
1
Pages
270\283
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-07 11:51:53
general;History of SciencePhilosophy of Science;Physics

Description

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 to the classical/quatum interface. Bohrian orthodoxy stresses the indispensability of classical concepts and the functional role of mathematics. This book analyses 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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