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9. Apr. 2024 · Philosophy played a crucial role in the two revolutions of 20th-century physics – namely, relativity and quantum mechanics. It continues to contribute both to foundational research in theoretical physics and to the articulation and critique of scientific method. Conversely, discoveries in physics provide profound implications for ...
In philosophy, the philosophy of physics deals with conceptual and interpretational issues in modern physics, many of which overlap with research done by certain kinds of theoretical physicists.
25. Juli 2016 · Quantization of a field theory gives rise to a quantum field theory. The chief philosophical issues raised by quantum mechanics remain when the transition is made to a quantum field theory; in addition, new interpretational issues arise.
philosophy of physics, philosophical speculation about the concepts, methods, and theories of the physical sciences, especially physics. The philosophy of physics is less an academic discipline—though it is that—than an intellectual frontier across which theoretical physics and modern Western philosophy have been informing and unsettling ...
- David Z. Albert
11. Feb. 2004 · Einstein’s own philosophy of science is an original synthesis of elements drawn from sources as diverse as neo-Kantianism, conventionalism, and logical empiricism, its distinctive feature being its novel blending of realism with a holist, underdeterminationist form of conventionalism.
- Don A. Howard, Marco Giovanelli
- 2004
Peter Bergmann, in the introduction to his Basic Theories of Physics I attributed to Einstein the view that “a theoretical physicist is ... a philosopher in workingman’s clothes.”. I would omit the adjective “theoretical” and apply the characterization to experimentalists as well.
5. Feb. 2013 · The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Physics provides an overview of many of the topics that currently engage philosophers of physics. It surveys new issues and the problems that have become a focus of attention in recent years, and also provides up-to-date discussions of the still very important problems which dominated the ...
