Physics, Structure, and Reality
Autor Jill Northen Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 iul 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780192894106
ISBN-10: 0192894102
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 157 x 238 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Oxford University Press
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0192894102
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 157 x 238 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Oxford University Press
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Rewarding. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.
This is a meticulous and deliberate and beautiful book.
It should be clear, however, that North's book opens up entirely new and promising lines of inquiry. It covers a remarkable amount of material. And it does so in an original and engaging manner. The ideas put forward in the book will have an impact in metaphysics, general philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of physics. They will be discussed, and debated for years to come.
This is a very good book. It addresses central questions about the interpretation of physical theories; it develops, in a nuanced way, some important possible answers to these questions; the writing is clear; there is diligent attention tothe literature; and the author's philosophical temperament-open-minded, resourceful-is vivid throughout. Furthermore, the writing is, by the standards of much of the current literature in philosophy of physics, nontechnical. So the book forms a natural entry point. So much by way of a tour d'horizon of this fine book: I hope to havewhetted the reader's appetite for it.
North makes a convincing case that structure really is one of the most important concepts in physics, while clearly demonstrating that the subject is far from exhausted. The writing is lucid and the lack of unnecessary formalism is refreshing, while the abundance of examples further enhances the book's clarity. Physics, Structure, and Reality^r opens up many further avenues for research and thus is a must-read for anyone interested in the physical structure of the world.
This is a meticulous and deliberate and beautiful book.
It should be clear, however, that North's book opens up entirely new and promising lines of inquiry. It covers a remarkable amount of material. And it does so in an original and engaging manner. The ideas put forward in the book will have an impact in metaphysics, general philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of physics. They will be discussed, and debated for years to come.
This is a very good book. It addresses central questions about the interpretation of physical theories; it develops, in a nuanced way, some important possible answers to these questions; the writing is clear; there is diligent attention tothe literature; and the author's philosophical temperament-open-minded, resourceful-is vivid throughout. Furthermore, the writing is, by the standards of much of the current literature in philosophy of physics, nontechnical. So the book forms a natural entry point. So much by way of a tour d'horizon of this fine book: I hope to havewhetted the reader's appetite for it.
North makes a convincing case that structure really is one of the most important concepts in physics, while clearly demonstrating that the subject is far from exhausted. The writing is lucid and the lack of unnecessary formalism is refreshing, while the abundance of examples further enhances the book's clarity. Physics, Structure, and Reality^r opens up many further avenues for research and thus is a must-read for anyone interested in the physical structure of the world.