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Physical Sciences and History of Physics

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Robert Sonné Cohen

    1. Boston University, USA

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  2. Mark W. Wartofsky

    1. Baruch College, City University of New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 82)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Particles or Events?

    • Milič Čapek
    Pages 1-28

  3. Commentary on ‘Particles or Events?’

    • Patrick A. Heelan
    Pages 29-34

  4. Time Symmetry and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

    • O. Costa de Beauregard
    Pages 35-56

  5. Is Physical Space Unique or Optional?

    • Hans Ekstein
    Pages 57-74

  6. Theory Reduction: A Question of Fact or a Question of Value?

    • Catherine Z. Elgin
    Pages 75-92

  7. Cosmology and Verifiability

    • George F. R. Ellis
    Pages 93-113

  8. Galileo and the Phenomena: On Making the Evidence Visible

    • David Hemmendinger
    Pages 115-143

  9. Quantum Theory of Measurement: A Non-Quantum Mechanical Approach

    • Gen-Ichiro Nagasaka
    Pages 145-158

  10. Protophysics of Time and The Principle of Relativity

    • Joachim Pfarr
    Pages 159-189

  11. Commentary on ‘Protophysics of Time and the Principle of Relativity’

    • Peter Janich
    Pages 191-197

  12. Temporality and the Structure of Physics as Human Endeavor

    • Paul M. Quay
    Pages 199-230

  13. Commentary on ‘Temporality and the Structure of Physics as Human Endeavor’

    • S. S. Schweber
    Pages 231-238

  14. The Unity of Nature

    • C. F. v. Weizcsäcker
    Pages 239-254

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 255-259
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About this book

These essays on the conceptual understanding of modern physics strike directly at some of the principal difficulties faced by contemporary philos­ ophers of physical science. Moreover, they reverberate to earlier and classical struggles with those difficulties. Each of these essays may be seen as both a commentary on our predecessors and an original analytic interpretation. They come from work of the past decade, most from meetings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, and they demonstrate again how problematic the fundamentals of our understanding of nature still are. The themes will seem to be familiar but the variations are not only ingenious but also stimulating, in some ways counterpoint. And so once again we are confronted with issues of space and time, irreversibility and measurement, matter and process, hypothetical reality and verifiability, explanation and reduction, phenomenal base and sophisticated theory, unified science and the unity of nature, and the limits of conventionalism. We are grateful for the cooperation of our contributors, and in particular for the agreement of George Ellis and C. F. von Weizsiicker to allow us to use previously published papers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Boston University, USA

    Robert Sonné Cohen

  • Baruch College, City University of New York, USA

    Mark W. Wartofsky

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physical Sciences and History of Physics

  • Editors: Robert Sonné Cohen, Mark W. Wartofsky

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7178-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1615-6Published: 31 December 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7180-6Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7178-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 260

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general

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