{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-the-philosophy-of-physics-locality-fields-energy-and-mass-paperback-softback-9780631225010","title":"An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics; Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631225010","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLocality, Fields, Energy, and Mass\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarc Lange (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631225010, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 May 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.4 x 2.6 cm, 0.508 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Marc Lange uses the philosophical tools of traditional metaphysics to analyze examples drawn from electromagnetic theory and quantum mechanics and in turn uses these examples to refine some of the basic concepts of traditional metaphysics. The result is an excellent introduction to the best sort of metaphysics, the sort that is informed by our best physical theories.\" \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Barrett, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is philosophy of physics that meets even Feynman's challenge of making a difference for physics while it attains Hempel's standards of clarity. I can hardly imagine teaching the philosophy of physics, at any level, from introductory to graduate seminar, without using this book!\" \u003ci\u003eAlex Rosenberg, Duke University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Eschewing the technical jargon of philosophy of science, though he is a fluent contributor to journals and refers to current issues in appropriate notes, Lange employs a breezy, common language style, complete with discussion questions suitable for an undergraduate introductory class. [...] Highly recommended to philosphically inexperienced physicists as well as current students in philosophy of science. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty.\" \u003ci\u003eP.D. Skiff, Bard College, Choice, January 2003\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An accomplished philosopher of science, Lange introduces the epistemological consequences of a central idea in physics - locality ... Eschewing the technical jargon of philosophy of science, though he is a fluent contributor to journals and feres to current issues in appropriate notes, Lange employs a breezy, commom language style, complete with discussion questions suitable for an undergraduate introductory class ... his introduction to the issues via concrete example is very effective and unique. Highly recommended to philosophically inexperienced physicists as well as current students in philosophy of science.\" C\u003ci\u003ehoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book combines physics, philosophy, and history in a radical new approach to introducing the philosophy of physics. It leads the reader through several central problems in the philosophy of physics by tracing their connections to a single issue: whether a cause must be spatiotemporally local to its effect, or whether action at a distance can occur\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 What is Spatiotemporal Locality? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Big Picture 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Causal Relations between Events 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Action by Contact 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Spatial, Temporal, and Spatiotemporal Locality Defined 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Intrinsic Properties and Noncausal Connections 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Fields to the Rescue? 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Electric Force 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Electric Field and its Possible Interpretations 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Potentials 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Lines of Force 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Dispositions and Causes 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Dispositions, Categorical Bases, and Subjunctive Conditionals 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Are the Categorical Bases in Themselves Unknowable? 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Locality and Scientific Explanation 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Is Action at a Distance Impossible? 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Brute Facts and Ultimate Explanations 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Which Facts are Brute? 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Fields, Energy, and Momentum 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Argument from Conserved Quantities 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Why Energy’s Ontological Status Matters 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Energy in Classical Physics 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Energy in the Fields 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Energy Flow and the Poynting Vector 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A Moral Regarding the Testability of Theories 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Is there Nothing but Fields? 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Is Electric Charge Real? 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Faraday’s Picture 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Relativity and the Unification of Electricity and Magnetism 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Unification in Physics 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 How Relativity Unifies Electricity and Magnetism 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Einstein’s Argument from Asymmetry 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Interdependence of Philosophy and Physics 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Relativity, Energy, Mass, and the Reality of Fields 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Classical Physics and the “Relativity of Motion” 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Relativistic Invariants and the Unification that Relativity Achieves: Space and Time 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Relativistic Invariants and the Unification that Relativity Achieves: Energy and Momentum 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Mass and the Meaning of “e = mc\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e ” 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Fields – At Last! 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Erasing the Line between Scientific Theory and its Philosophical Interpretation 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Quantum Metaphysics 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Is Quantum Mechanics Complete? 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Bell Inequalities 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 For Whom the Bell Tolls 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Wrestling with Nonlocality 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Exam 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 316\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475065434392,"sku":"9780631225010","price":29.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631225010.jpg?v=1785803980","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-introduction-to-the-philosophy-of-physics-locality-fields-energy-and-mass-paperback-softback-9780631225010","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}