Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field TheoryTian Yu Cao Quantum field theory is a powerful language for the description of the subatomic constituents of the physical world and the laws and principles that govern them. This book contains up-to-date in-depth analyses, by a group of eminent physicists and philosophers of science, of our present understanding of its conceptual foundations, of the reasons why this understanding has to be revised so that the theory can go further, and of possible directions in which revisions may be promising and productive. These analyses will be of interest to graduate students and research workers in physics who want to know about the foundational problems of their subject. The book will also be of interest to professional philosophers, historians and sociologists of science, because it contains much material for metaphysical and methodological reflections, for historical and cultural analyses, and for sociological analyses of the way in which various factors contribute to the way the foundations are revised. |
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... described by the theory can be derived from it as a result of its behavior . It is obvious that any talk of a basic ontology involves a reductive connotation . Ontological and epistemological emergence notwithstanding , a reductive ...
... described by the theory can be derived from it as a result of its behavior . It is obvious that any talk of a basic ontology involves a reductive connotation . Ontological and epistemological emergence notwithstanding , a reductive ...
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... described by condensed matter physics the fluctuations have a different origin : they are not necessarily coupled to each other , and the physics at a lower energy scale is essentially independent of the physics at higher energy scales ...
... described by condensed matter physics the fluctuations have a different origin : they are not necessarily coupled to each other , and the physics at a lower energy scale is essentially independent of the physics at higher energy scales ...
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... described by other theories . The above observation should not be taken as an argument against the idea of a fundamental theory . If a theory's validity domain covers the validity domains of several other theories , then this theory ...
... described by other theories . The above observation should not be taken as an argument against the idea of a fundamental theory . If a theory's validity domain covers the validity domains of several other theories , then this theory ...
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References to this book
The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity Dean Rickles,Steven French,Juha T. Saatsi No preview available - 2006 |