Overview
- Celebrates the research of one of the leading philosphers of physics of the last thirty years
- Combines contributions of philosphers, mathematicians and physicists to foundational and interpretive problems of physics
- Contains authoritative essays by leading researchers on classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, quantum theory and relativity
Part of the book series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (WONS, volume 72)
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JeffandImetwhenIwasagraduatestudentattheUniversityofMinnesotaandhewas a post doctoral fellow, first in the Chemistry Department, and then in the Center for Philosophy of Science. Later we were colleagues atWestern Ontario. Our friendship and collaboration owe a great deal to both these institutions. In the mid-1960s the Center enjoyed great success under Feigl’s directorship. The history of the Center has been only very partially documented. Feyerabend’s recollections,reportedinhisAutobiography,andsomeyearsearlierinhisremarksfor Feigl’s Festschrift, possess an immediacy that makes them particularly noteworthy, even if all too brief. The Center was the first American institution of its kind and a bastion of positivist and neo-positivist thought. At the time Jeff and I were there, the staff included, in addition to Feigl and Maxwell, Paul Meehl, Roger Steuwer and Keith Gunderson. There were many enthusiastic graduate students, and there was participation, on occasion, from the members of the Philosophy Department, as well as the departments of physics, psychology, mathematics and chemistry. The extent to which this (to us ideal) environment was held together by the force of Feigl’s personality became evident only many years later. The political liberalism of the Viennese Positivists was very much reflected in the philosophicalatmosphereFeiglcreated,anatmospherethatwasmarkedbyopenness, collegiality and intellectual freedom. Combined with its excellent permanent faculty and steady stream of distinguished visitors, the Center was especially well-suited to Jeff’s and my early friendship, our analytic and speculative interests, and our early collaboration.This collaboration was continued when we were members of the Philosophy Department at Western Ontario.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book presents a thorough discussion that will help one to develop a more satisfying perspective of quantum mechanics. … This book is very comprehensive and … I liked it a lot and found it well worth reading.” (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, May, 2014)
"This book is a homage to Jeffery Bub, with twelve contributions from colleagues and friends– philosophers, physicists and mathematicians–working in the foundations and philosophy of modern physics. … this book holds something of interest for philosophers and physicists alike who are interested in the philosophical problems of modern physics. The expositions are generally of high quality, and the book makes for very interesting and, in places even entertaining reading." (Paul Busch, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Vol. 40, 2009)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physical Theory and its Interpretation
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey Bub
Editors: William Demopoulos, Itamar Pitowsky
Series Title: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4876-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4875-3Published: 07 November 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7214-6Published: 20 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4876-0Published: 03 November 2006
Series ISSN: 1566-659X
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1974
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 283
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics