Interpreting Physics

Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, General Physics, Other Sciences, Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Author: Edward MacKinnon ISBN: 9789400723696
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: November 23, 2011
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Edward MacKinnon
ISBN: 9789400723696
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: November 23, 2011
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

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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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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