Quantum philosophy : understanding and interpreting contemporary science /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Omnès, Roland
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002, 1999]
Edition:First paperback printing, 2002.
Subjects:
Physics > Philosophy.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Science > Philosophy.
Quantum theory.
Physique > Philosophie.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Théorie quantique.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Mathematics > Philosophy
Physics > Philosophy
Quantum theory
Science > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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