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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... properties , mainly through reference to the structural characteristics of these entities . One can even argue that any ontological characterization of a system is always and exclusively structural in nature . That is , part of what an ...
... properties , mainly through reference to the structural characteristics of these entities . One can even argue that any ontological characterization of a system is always and exclusively structural in nature . That is , part of what an ...
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... properties attached to it , and individuating space - time points ) does not generally ensure that these elements have their own existence . However , in the discus- sion of the ontology of STR - based QFT , this argument itself does ...
... properties attached to it , and individuating space - time points ) does not generally ensure that these elements have their own existence . However , in the discus- sion of the ontology of STR - based QFT , this argument itself does ...
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... properties in the microscopic world and their discreteness . The condition for ensuring certain discreteness of the measurable properties was called by Bohr and Sommerfeld the quantization condition . In the context of matrix mechanics ...
... properties in the microscopic world and their discreteness . The condition for ensuring certain discreteness of the measurable properties was called by Bohr and Sommerfeld the quantization condition . In the context of matrix mechanics ...
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... properties of something may be fluctuating , but ' nothing ' cannot be fluctuating . The incompatibility between the concepts of fluctuations and the vacuum state within the framework of the particle ontology has removed the conceptual ...
... properties of something may be fluctuating , but ' nothing ' cannot be fluctuating . The incompatibility between the concepts of fluctuations and the vacuum state within the framework of the particle ontology has removed the conceptual ...
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... properties over various localities of space , an idea that was first speculated on by Faraday , and then picked up by Einstein in his early reflections on the foundations of physics . In either case , the ontological priority of space ...
... properties over various localities of space , an idea that was first speculated on by Faraday , and then picked up by Einstein in his early reflections on the foundations of physics . In either case , the ontological priority of space ...
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The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity Dean Rickles,Steven French,Juha T. Saatsi No preview available - 2006 |