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Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality.

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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Frisch, Mathias
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction: Theories and Models""; ""Part One: Particles""; ""Chapter 2: Inconsistency""; ""Chapter 3: In Search of Coherence""; ""Chapter 4: Non-Locality""; ""Part Two: Fields""; ""Chapter 5: The Arrow of Radiation""; ""Chapter 6: Absorber and Entropy Theories of Radiation""; ""Chapter 7: The Retardation Condition""; ""Chapter 8: David Lewis on Waves and Counterfactuals""; ""Chapter 9: Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""
  • ""Q""""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y""; ""z""