The Philosophy Behind Physics
Thomas Brody had one of the most powerful and wide-ranging intellects of his generation. Although primarily a physicist who worked on statistical prob lems in nuclear physics, on probability theory and on computational physics he had an extensive knowledge of the philosophy of science and of philos...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1993, 1993
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. The Philosophy of Physics
- 1. The Active Epistemology
- 2. Higher-Level Epistemic Cycles
- 3. Systems and Experiments
- 4. The Structure of Theories
- 5. Induction and the Scope of Theories
- 6. The Incommensurability of Theories
- 7. A Minimal Ontology for Scientific Research
- 8. The Determinisms of Physics
- II. The Theory of Probability
- 9. The Nature of Probability
- 10. The Ensemble Interpretation of Probability
- 11. The Philosophy of Ensemble Probability
- 12. On Errors and Approximations
- III. The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
- 13. Problems and Promises of the Ensemble Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
- 14. Probability and the Way Out of the Great Quantum Muddle
- 15. Are Hidden Variables Possible?
- 16. The Bell Inequality I: Joint Measurability
- 17. The Bell Inequality II: Locality
- 18. The Irrelevance of the Bell Inequality
- 19. Measurement and State Representation
- 20. On Quantum Logic
- 21. Resistance to Change in the Sciences: The Case of Quantum Mechanics
- IV. General
- 22. Epistemological Implications of Artificial Intelligence
- 23. Artificial Intelligence: Possibilities and Realities, Hopes and Dangers
- 24. Philosophy and Physicists
- 25. The Axiomatic Approach in Physics
- List of Publications of T.A. Brody
- Name Index