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Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

MacKinnon, Edward

Paperback

Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, Book 289

Sports GeneralHistory & Philosophy of SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 9400795769
ISBN13: 9789400795761
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jan 26 2014
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
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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