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Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide Hardback - 2012

by MacKinnon, Edward

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Dordrecht: Springer, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Glossy paper covered boards, octavo, 268pp., not illustrated. Book shows hint of wear to boards, feels unread. No DJ.
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  • Title Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide
  • Author MacKinnon, Edward
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Springer, Dordrecht
  • Publication date 2012
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B44654
  • ISBN 9789400723689 / 9400723687
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Philosophical
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Quantum theory - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011939573
  • Dewey Decimal Code 530.014
  • Quantity available 1

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Reader reviews for Interpreting Physics: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

From the publisher

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 to the classical/quatum interface. Bohrian orthodoxy stresses the indispensability of classical concepts and the functional role of mathematics. This book analyses ways of extending, and then going beyond this orthodoxy orthodoxy. Finally, the book analyzes how a revised interpretation of physics impacts on basic philosophical issues: conceptual revolutions, realism, and reductionism.

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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 indispensability of classical concepts and the functional role of mathematics. We analyze ways of extending and then going beyond this orthodoxy orthodoxy. Finally, the book analyzes how a revised interpretation of physics impacts on basic philosophical issues: conceptual revolutions, realism, and reductionism.
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