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Quantum philosophy : understanding and interpreting contemporary science /

In this magisterial work, Roland Omnès takes us from the academies of ancient Greece to the laboratories of modern science as he seeks to do no less than rebuild the foundations of the philosophy of knowledge. One of the world's leading quantum physicists, Omnès reviews the history and recent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Omnès, Roland
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002, 1999]
Edición:First paperback printing, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One. The legacy
  • Classical logic
  • Classical physics
  • Classical mathematics
  • Classical philosophy of knowledge
  • Part Two. The fracture
  • Formal mathematics
  • The philosophy of mathematics
  • Formal physics
  • The epistemology of physics
  • Part Three. From formal back to visual: the quantum case
  • Between logic and physics
  • Rediscovering common sense
  • From the measurable to the unmeasurable
  • On realism
  • Part Four. State of the question and perspectives
  • A new beginning
  • What is science?
  • Method
  • Vanishing perspectives.