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Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics

Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics

Mittelstaedt, Peter

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Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, Book 174

History & Philosophy of SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 940079570X
ISBN13: 9789400795709
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jun 13 2015
Pages: 141
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Rise and Fall of Physical Theories.- The Evolution of Modern Physics from the Classical World.- Intuitiveness and Truth of Modern Physics.- The New Approach: Reduction and Elimination of Metaphysical Hypotheses.- Reconstruction of Special and General Relativity.- Historical Development Versus Rational Reconstruction.- Reconstruction of Special Relativity.- Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics.- The Historical Development of Quantum Mechanics.- The Reduction of Ontological Hypotheses.- The Formal Languages of Classical Physics and of Quantum Physics.- Three Constants of Nature.- The Problem of Constants of Nature in Modern Physics.- The Meaning of the Constant c in Special Relativity.- Preliminary Remarks.- Metaphysics and Ontology.- Reconstruction of Special Relativity.- The Meaning of the Constant o.- One More Fundamental Question.- Planck's Constant Ћ in the Light of Quantum Logic.- Interpretations of Modern Physics.- Introductory Remarks.- The Interpretations of Special Relativity.- Concluding Remarks.- Intuitiveness and Truth in Physical Theories.

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