Michael Esfeld, Dirk-Andre Deckert

A Minimalist Ontology of the Natural World (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book proposes an ontology of the natural world that is defined only by two axioms: (1) there are distance relations that individuate simple objects, namely matter points, and (2) the matter points are permanent, with the distances between them changing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351392167
• Artikelnr.: 50003570

Autorenporträt

Michael Esfeld is full professor of philosophy of science at the University of Lausanne since 2002. His last book with Routledge is Conservative reductionism (with Christian Sachse) (2008).

Dirk-André Deckert is leader of the junior research group « Interaction of Light and Matter » in the Mathematical Institute of Ludwig Maximilians University Munich. Book publication Electromagnetic absorber theory - a mathematical study (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Matter Points and their Dynamics
3. Minimalist Ontology and Dynamical Structure in Classical and Quantum
Mechanics
4. A Persistent Particle Ontology for Quantum Field Theory
5. Relationalism for Retativisitc Physics