Book Details

Particle Metaphysics : A Critical Account of Subatomic Reality

Publication year: 2007

: 978-3-540-33732-4

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The empirical successes of atomic, nuclear, and particle physics have not reduced -- and may never fully resolve -- the philosophical controversies about the inner constitution of matter. This book examines these debates by exploring the particle concept in physics.


: Physics and Astronomy, Classical limits of quantum theory, Measurement, Particle Physics, Particle concept, Philosophy of quantum physics, Scientific realism, metaphysics, philosophy