Asymptotic freedom
Atomism
Bell's theorem
Bose-Einstein statistics
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Classical mechanics
Classical physics
Color charge
De Broglie-Bohm theory
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Equivalence principle
Expectation value (quantum mechanics)
Fermi-Dirac statistics
Fermion
Fock space
Free parameter
Gauge theory
Gleason's theorem
Graviton
Haecceity
Hidden variable theory
Hilbert space
Holism
Idealization
Identical particles
Identity of indiscernibles
Interpretations of quantum mechanics
Lepton
Materialism
Measurement
Measurement problem
Minkowski space
Modern physics
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On the Plurality of Worlds
Particle physics
Path integral formulation
Pauli exclusion principle
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Physical body
Physics beyond the Standard Model
Point particle
Probability
Psychophysical parallelism
Quantum entanglement
Quantum gravity
Quantum logic
Quantum mechanics
Quantum probability
Quantum Reality
Quantum state
Quantum superposition
Quantum system
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Renormalization
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- ISBN 9780691017259
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 20 Dec 1998
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Bewildering features of modern physics, such as relativistic space-time structure and the peculiarities of so-called quantum statistics, challenge traditional ways of conceiving of objects in space and time. Interpreting Bodies brings together essays by leading philosophers and scientists to provide a unique overview of the implications of such physical theories for questions about the nature of objects. The collection combines classic articles by Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Hans Reichenbach, and Erwin Schrodinger with recent contributions, including several papers that have never before been published. The book focuses on the microphysical objects that are at the heart of quantum physics and addresses issues central to both the "foundational" and the philosophical debates about objects. Contributors explore three subjects in particular: how to identify a physical object as an individual, the notion of invariance with respect to determining what objects are or could be, and how to relate objective and measurable properties to a physical entity.
The papers cover traditional philosophical topics, common-sense questions, and technical matters in a consistently clear and rigorous fashion, illuminating some of the most perplexing problems in modern physics and the philosophy of science. The contributors are Diederik Aerts, Max Born, Elena Castellani, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Bas C. van Fraassen, Steven French, Gian Carlo Ghirardi, Roberto Giuntini, Werner Heisenberg, Decio Krause, David Lewis, Tim Maudlin, Peter Mittelstaedt, Giulio Peruzzi, Hans Reichenbach, Erwin Schrodinger, Paul Teller, and Giuliano Toraldo di Francia.
Elena Castellani is Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Florence. She has a doctoral degree in theoretical physics and a Ph.D. in philosophy and is the author of Symmetry and Nature: From the Harmony of Figures to the Invariance of Laws.
