On physics and philosophy / Bernard d'Espagnat.
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- ISBN: 0691119643
- ISBN: 9780691119649
- Physical Description: ix, 503 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2006.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: TraiteĆ de physique et de philosophie. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-491) and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: Physical facts and related conceptual problems. Broad overview -- Overstepping the limits of the framework of familiar concepts -- Nonseparability and Bell's Theorem -- Objectivity and empirical reality -- Quantum physics and realism -- Universal laws and the "reality" question -- Antirealism and physics; the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen problem; methodological operationalism -- Measurement and decoherence, universality revisited -- Various realist attempts -- SchroĆdinger's cat, Wigner's friend, and veiled reality -- Part 2: A philosophical analysis. Science and philosophy -- Materialisms -- Suggestions from Kantism -- Causality and observational predictability -- Explanation and phenomena -- Mind and things -- Pragmatic-transcendental versus veiled reality approaches -- Objects and consciousness -- The "ground of things" -- Appendix 1: The Bell Theorem -- Appendix 2: Consistent histories, counterfactuality, and Bell's Theorem -- Appendix 3: Correlation-at-a-distance in the Broglie-Bohm model. |
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Subject: | Physics > Philosophy. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QC 6 .E8171 2006 | 30534754 | General Collection | Available | - |