R.I.G Hughes presents eight philosophical essays on the theoretical practices of physics. The first two essays examine these practices in physicists' treatises and journal articles, and cast the philosopher of science in the role of critic. This premise guides the following essays, which deal with central concerns in philosophy and physics.
R.I.G Hughes presents eight philosophical essays on the theoretical practices of physics. The first two essays examine these practices in physicists' treatises and journal articles, and cast the philosopher of science in the role of critic. This premise guides the following essays, which deal with central concerns in philosophy and physics.
R. I. G. Hughes is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina.
Inhaltsangabe
* Foreword * 1: Criticism, Logical Empiricism, and the General Theory of Relativity * 2: Theoretical Practice: The Bohm-Pines Quartet * 3: Laws of Physics, the Representational Account of Theories, and Newton's Principia * 4: Modelling, the Brownian Motion and the Disunities of Physics * 5: Models and Representation * 6: The Ising Model, Computer Simulation, and Universal Physics * 7: Theoretical Explanation * 8: The Discourse of Physics * Bibliography
* Foreword * 1: Criticism, Logical Empiricism, and the General Theory of Relativity * 2: Theoretical Practice: The Bohm-Pines Quartet * 3: Laws of Physics, the Representational Account of Theories, and Newton's Principia * 4: Modelling, the Brownian Motion and the Disunities of Physics * 5: Models and Representation * 6: The Ising Model, Computer Simulation, and Universal Physics * 7: Theoretical Explanation * 8: The Discourse of Physics * Bibliography
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