Interpreting Physics Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide /

• Main Author: MacKinnon, Edward (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 289
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Physics, general.; History of Science.

This book is the first to offer a systematic account of the role of language in the development and interpretation of physics. An historical-conceptual analysis of the co-evolution of mathematical and physical concepts leads ti the classical/quatum interface. Bohrian orthodoxy stresses the indispens...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. A Philosphical Overview
• 2. From Categories to Quantative Concepts,- 3. The Unification of Classical Physics
• 4. Classical Physics
• 5. Orthodox Quantum Mechanics
• 6. Beyond a Minimal Basis
• 7. Interpreting Physics.