Inconsistency, asymmetry, and non-locality a philosophical investigation of classical electrodynamics

Electrodynamics has largely been ignored by philosophers of science due to what Frisch says is a mistaken view that it is conceptually unproblematic. Part of the goal of this book is to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has some very interesting conceptual proble...

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Main Author: Frisch, Mathias
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005, 2005
Series:Oxford studies in the philosophy of science / Oxford studies in the philosophy of science
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Electrodynamics has largely been ignored by philosophers of science due to what Frisch says is a mistaken view that it is conceptually unproblematic. Part of the goal of this book is to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has some very interesting conceptual problems worth discussing
Physical Description:viii, 212 p.
ISBN:9780199835294
0199835292