{"product_id":"9781350656437","title":"Philosophical Physics Realism, Instrumentalism, and Positivism in History","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePhilosophical Physics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRealism, Instrumentalism, and Positivism in History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eManuel DeLanda\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Physics\u003c\/i\u003e is the latest instalment in Manuel DeLanda's intervention in the philosophy of science.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRejecting the traditional empiricist vocabulary of “Theory,” “Observation,” and “Physical Law,” DeLanda argues that the objective content of physics is better understood through equations, measurements, instruments, and the evolving practices of scientific communities. Against monolithic accounts of scientific development, the book presents physics as a dynamic field composed of three interacting elements: domains of phenomena, communities of practitioners, and the material techniques that connect the two. Through detailed historical studies of mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, and relativity, DeLanda traces how new phenomena were created, stabilized, measured, and mathematically represented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentral to the book is a novel account of realism. Drawing on the work of physicists, engineers, instrument makers, and mathematicians, DeLanda develops a framework that combines causal realism – focused on mechanisms and interventions – with modal realism, which emphasizes the objective structures of possibility revealed by mathematical models. From Newton's celestial mechanics and Carnot's heat engines to Maxwell's fields and Einstein's spacetime, physics emerges as a heterogeneous and evolving practice shaped by experiment, calculation, invention, and abstraction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Physics\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for philosophers of science, historians of science, and scholars interested in realism, scientific practice, and the conceptual foundations of modern physics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eManuel DeLanda\u003c\/b\u003e is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher, based in NYC, USA. He began his career in experimental film, later becoming a computer artist and programmer. He is Gilles Deleuze Chair and Professor of Philosophy at The European Graduate School, Switzerland, and lecturer in Architecture at Princeton University, USA. He is the author of P\u003ci\u003ehilosophy and Simulation\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2011) \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2015), \u003ci\u003eA New Philosophy of Society \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2019), and \u003ci\u003eMaterialist Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2021).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350656437\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669937848460,"sku":"9781350656437","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350656437","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}