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The Routledge companion to philosophy of physics
Title
The Routledge companion to philosophy of physics / edited by Eleanor Knox, Alastair Wilson.
ISBN
9781315623818 (electronic bk)
1315623811 (electronic bk)
9781317227144
131722714X
9781317227120
1317227123
9781317227137
1317227131
1138653071
9781138653078
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
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©2022.
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1 online resource (xviii, 768 pages : illustrations (black and white.).
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Biographical / Historical Note
Eleanor Knox is Reader in Philosophy of Physics at King's College London. She works in philosophy of physics, particularly the philosophy of spacetime physics, and is also interested in issues of reduction and emergence, and how these two come together in quantum gravity. Alastair Wilson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and Senior Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University. He works on philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, metaphysics, and epistemology, with special interests in the philosophy of quantum theory and the metaphysics of dependence. He is the author of The Nature of Contingency: Quantum Physics as Modal Realism (2020).
Summary
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the state of the art in the philosophy of physics. It contains 54 self-contained chapters written by leading philosophers of physics at both senior and junior levels, making it the most thorough and detailed volume of its type on the market - nearly every major perspective in the field is represented. The Companion's 54 chapters are organized into 12 sections. The first seven sections cover all of the major physical theories investigated by philosophers of physics today, and the last five explore key themes that unite the study of these theories: I. Classical Mechanics; II. Special Relativity; III. General Relativity; IV. Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics; V. Quantum Field Theory; VI. Quantum Gravity; VII. Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics; VIII. Explanation; IX. Intertheoretic Relations; X. Symmetries; XI. Metaphysics; XII. Cosmology. The level of the articles has been carefully pitched so as to offer both accessible summaries for those new to philosophy of physics and standard reference points for active researchers on the front lines. An introductory essay by the editors maps out the field, and each section also begins with a short summary that places the individual chapters in context. The volume will be indispensable to any serious student or scholar of philosophy of physics.
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Companion to philosophy of physics
Philosophy of physics
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Print version: Routledge companion to philosophy of physics. New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2024
Series
Routledge philosophy companions
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Newtonian mechanics / Ryan Samaroo
Formulations of classical mechanics / Jill North
Classical spacetime structure / James Owen Weatherall
Relationism in classical dynamics / Julian Barbour
Relativity and space-time geometry / Time Maudlin
The dynamical approach to spacetime theorists / Harvey R. Brown and James Read
Relativity and the A-theory / Antony Eagle
Relativistic constraints on interpretations of quantum mechanics / Wayne C. Myrvold
The equivalence principle(s) / Dennis Lehmkuhl
The hole argument / Oliver Pooley
Relativistic spacetime structure / Samuel C. Fletcher
Bell's theorem, quantum probabilities, and superdeterminism / Eddy Keming Chen
Quantum decoherence / Elise M. Crull
The everett interpretation : structure / Simon W. Saunders
The everett interpretation : probability / Simon W. Saunders
Collapse theories / Peter J. Lewis
Bohmian Mechanics / Roderich Tumulka
The quantum theory of fields / David Wallace
Renormalization group methods / Porter Williams
Locality in (axiomatic) quantum field theory : a minority report / Laura Ruetsche
Particles in quantum field theory / Doreen Fraser
The development of quantum gravity : from feelings to phenomena / Dean Rickles
String theory / Richard David
Quantum gravity from general relativity / Christian Wüthrich
Spacetime emergence / Nick Huggett
The problem of time / Karim P.Y. Thébault
Equilibrium in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics / Roman Frigg and Charlotte Werndl
Equilibrium in Gibbsian statistical mechanics / Roman Frigg and Charlotte Werndl
Quantum foundations of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics / Orly Shenker
Entropy Asymmetry / Arianne Shahvisi
Causal explanation in physics / Mathias Frisch
Non-causal explanations in physics / Juha Saatsi
Mechanistic explanation in physics / Laura Felline
The explanatory value of selecting the appropriate scale(s) / Lina Jansson
Nagelian Reduction in physics / Foad Dizadji-Bahmani
Phase transitions / Sorin Bangu
Universality / Robert W. Batterman
Chance and determinism / Nina Emery
Symmetry and superfluous structure : a metaphysical overview / Shamik Dasgupta
Symmetry and superfluous structure : lessons from history and tempered enthusiasm / Jenann Ismael
Permutations / Adam Caulton
Gauge theories / Nicholas J. Teh
Time reversal / Bryan W. Roberts
Symmetry breaking / Elena Castellani and Radin Dardashti
Laws / Marc Lange
Chance / Mauricio Suárez
Holism / Richard Healey
Dimensions / Susan G. Sterrett
Fundamentality / Steven French
Why is there something, rather than nothing? / Sean M. Carroll
Time in cosmology / Craig Callender and C. D. McCoy
The fine-tuning of the universe for life / Luke A. Barnes
Dark matter and dark energy / Melissa Jacquart
Evidence in astrophysics / Sibylle Anderl.
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