Omnès / Omnes Quantum Philosophy

Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science
Core Textbook
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2286-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Omnès, Roland

Omnes, Roland

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sangalli, Arturo

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prelude

Pt. 1 The Legacy 1

Ch. I Classical Logic 6

Ch. II Classical Physics 23

Ch. III Classical Mathematics 47

Ch. IV Classical Philosophy of Knowledge 62

Pt. 2 The Fracture 79

Ch. V Formal Mathematics 84

Ch. VI The Philosophy of Mathematics 108

Ch. VII Formal Physics 124

Ch. VIII The Epistemology of Physics 147

Pt. 3 From Formal Back to Visual: The Quantum Case 159

Ch. IX Between Logic and Physics 163

Ch. X Rediscovering Common Sense 184

Ch. XI From the Measurable to the Unmeasurable 196

Ch. XII On Realism 216

Pt. 4 State of the Question and Perspectives 235

Ch. XIII A New Beginning 237

Ch. XIV What Is Science? 246

Ch. XV Method 255

Ch. XVI Vanishing Perspectives 269

Glossary 283

Name Index 291

Subject Index 295

Über Autor(innen)

Roland Omnès is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Paris-Sud. His books include Understanding Quantum Mechanics and The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (both Princeton), L'Univers et ses Metamorphoses, and Introduction to Particle Physics.