Theory Construction and Selection in Modern Physics

Name: Theory Construction and Selection in Modern Physics
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521017305
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The S Matrix

Szerző: James T. Cushing

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Cambridge University Press

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One of the major philosophical problems in physical sciences is what criteria should determine how s...

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Szerző

James T. Cushing

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2005

oldal

428

EAN

9780521017305

ISBN

0521017300

Enbook ID

02017864

Kiadó

Cambridge University Press

Súly

657

Méretek

153 x 228 x 26

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One of the major philosophical problems in physical sciences is what criteria should determine how scientific theories are selected and justified in practice and whether, in describing observable physical phenomena, such theories are effectively constrained to be unique. This book studies the example of a particular theory, the S-matrix theory. The S-matrix program was initiated by Heisenberg to deal with difficulties encountered in quantum field theories in describing particular phenomena. Since then, each theory has at different times been favoured as the explanation of observed phenomena. Certainly the S-matrix theory was adequate, feasible and fertile. However, the quantum field theory interpretation is now widely accepted and the study of alternative theories is all but abandoned. By examining the philosophy which influenced the turns in this story, the author explains how an adequate and viable theory fell out of favour and concludes with a critique of different methodologies in the history of science. This book will be of value to both philosophers of science and physicists interested in the philosophical background to their field.

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