Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: Language and the Classical/Quantum Divide

MacKinnon, Edward

This book is the first to offer a systematic account of the role of language in the development and interpretation of physics. An historical-conceptual analysis of the co-evolution of mathematical and physical concepts leads to the classical/quatum interface. Bohrian orthodoxy stresses the indispensability of classical concepts and the functional role of mathematics. This book analyses ways of extending, and then going beyond this orthodoxy orthodoxy. Finally, the book analyzes how a revised interpretation of physics impacts on basic philosophical issues: conceptual revolutions, realism, and reductionism.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-11-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789400723689

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2369-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 270