Peter Mittelstaedt
Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics
Peter Mittelstaedt
Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics
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This deeply analytical volume shows that, on the basis of Newton's classical physics and by rational reconstruction, the theory of relativity as well as that of quantum mechanics can be obtained by partly eliminating or attenuating the metaphysical hypotheses.
This deeply analytical volume shows that, on the basis of Newton's classical physics and by rational reconstruction, the theory of relativity as well as that of quantum mechanics can be obtained by partly eliminating or attenuating the metaphysical hypotheses.
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- Verlag: Springer Netherland
- ISBN-13: 9789400700765
- ISBN-10: 9400700768
- Artikelnr.: 31189597
- Herstellerkennzeichnung Die Herstellerinformationen sind derzeit nicht verfügbar.
- Verlag: Springer Netherland
- ISBN-13: 9789400700765
- ISBN-10: 9400700768
- Artikelnr.: 31189597
- Herstellerkennzeichnung Die Herstellerinformationen sind derzeit nicht verfügbar.
- Introduction
Chapter 1: 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 of metaphysical hypotheses
Chapter 2 : Reconstruction of Special and General Relativity
- Historical Development versus rational reconstruction
- Reconstruction of Special Relativity
- Space-time intervals and Relativistic Mechanics
- The numerical value of the constant w
- Could Special Relativity have been discovered already by Newton? A pseudo-historical digression
- The attempt to reconstruct General Relativity
Chapter 3: Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics
- The Historical Development of Quantum Mechanics
- The reduction of ontological hypotheses
- the 3 ontologies
- The formal languages of classical physics and of quantum physics
- The approach to orthomodular quantum logic
- The bottom-top reconstruction of QM in Hilbert space
- Physics without individuals - Are the laws of Quantum Logic laws of nature?
- Quantum physics and classical physics - their respective roles
Chapter 4 : Three constants of Nature
- The problem of constants of nature in modern physics
- The meaning of constant c in modern physics
- Planck's constant h in the light of quantum logic
- The problem of the gravitational constant k
Chapter 5: Concluding remarks
- Philosophical positions and the problem of metaphysics
- Three ontologies: Graphical representations of interrelations
- Appendix 1: The Minkowskian space-time
- Appendix 2: Quantum mechanics in Hilbert space
- Appendix 3: Quantum logical lattices
Chapter 1: 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 of metaphysical hypotheses
Chapter 2 : Reconstruction of Special and General Relativity
- Historical Development versus rational reconstruction
- Reconstruction of Special Relativity
- Space-time intervals and Relativistic Mechanics
- The numerical value of the constant w
- Could Special Relativity have been discovered already by Newton? A pseudo-historical digression
- The attempt to reconstruct General Relativity
Chapter 3: Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics
- The Historical Development of Quantum Mechanics
- The reduction of ontological hypotheses
- the 3 ontologies
- The formal languages of classical physics and of quantum physics
- The approach to orthomodular quantum logic
- The bottom-top reconstruction of QM in Hilbert space
- Physics without individuals - Are the laws of Quantum Logic laws of nature?
- Quantum physics and classical physics - their respective roles
Chapter 4 : Three constants of Nature
- The problem of constants of nature in modern physics
- The meaning of constant c in modern physics
- Planck's constant h in the light of quantum logic
- The problem of the gravitational constant k
Chapter 5: Concluding remarks
- Philosophical positions and the problem of metaphysics
- Three ontologies: Graphical representations of interrelations
- Appendix 1: The Minkowskian space-time
- Appendix 2: Quantum mechanics in Hilbert space
- Appendix 3: Quantum logical lattices
- Introduction
Chapter 1: 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 of metaphysical hypotheses
Chapter 2 : Reconstruction of Special and General Relativity
- Historical Development versus rational reconstruction
- Reconstruction of Special Relativity
- Space-time intervals and Relativistic Mechanics
- The numerical value of the constant w
- Could Special Relativity have been discovered already by Newton? A pseudo-historical digression
- The attempt to reconstruct General Relativity
Chapter 3: Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics
- The Historical Development of Quantum Mechanics
- The reduction of ontological hypotheses
- the 3 ontologies
- The formal languages of classical physics and of quantum physics
- The approach to orthomodular quantum logic
- The bottom-top reconstruction of QM in Hilbert space
- Physics without individuals - Are the laws of Quantum Logic laws of nature?
- Quantum physics and classical physics - their respective roles
Chapter 4 : Three constants of Nature
- The problem of constants of nature in modern physics
- The meaning of constant c in modern physics
- Planck's constant h in the light of quantum logic
- The problem of the gravitational constant k
Chapter 5: Concluding remarks
- Philosophical positions and the problem of metaphysics
- Three ontologies: Graphical representations of interrelations
- Appendix 1: The Minkowskian space-time
- Appendix 2: Quantum mechanics in Hilbert space
- Appendix 3: Quantum logical lattices
Chapter 1: 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 of metaphysical hypotheses
Chapter 2 : Reconstruction of Special and General Relativity
- Historical Development versus rational reconstruction
- Reconstruction of Special Relativity
- Space-time intervals and Relativistic Mechanics
- The numerical value of the constant w
- Could Special Relativity have been discovered already by Newton? A pseudo-historical digression
- The attempt to reconstruct General Relativity
Chapter 3: Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics
- The Historical Development of Quantum Mechanics
- The reduction of ontological hypotheses
- the 3 ontologies
- The formal languages of classical physics and of quantum physics
- The approach to orthomodular quantum logic
- The bottom-top reconstruction of QM in Hilbert space
- Physics without individuals - Are the laws of Quantum Logic laws of nature?
- Quantum physics and classical physics - their respective roles
Chapter 4 : Three constants of Nature
- The problem of constants of nature in modern physics
- The meaning of constant c in modern physics
- Planck's constant h in the light of quantum logic
- The problem of the gravitational constant k
Chapter 5: Concluding remarks
- Philosophical positions and the problem of metaphysics
- Three ontologies: Graphical representations of interrelations
- Appendix 1: The Minkowskian space-time
- Appendix 2: Quantum mechanics in Hilbert space
- Appendix 3: Quantum logical lattices