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Title: On theories: logical empiricism and the methodology of modern physics
Creators: Demopoulos William
Other creators: Friedman Michael
Collection: Электронные книги зарубежных издательств; Общая коллекция
Subjects: Empiricism.; Physics — Philosophy.; Quantum theory.; Science — Philosophy.; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory; EBSCO eBooks
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File type: PDF
Language: English
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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Editor’s Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. Logical Empiricist and Related Reconstructions of Theoretical Knowledge
    • 1.1 The Partial Interpretation Account of Theories
    • 1.2 Carnap on Ramsey Sentences and the Explicit Definition of Theoretical Terms
    • 1.3 A Proposal of David Lewis and Two Theorems of John Winnie
    • 1.4 Putnam’s Model-Theoretic Argument
    • 1.5 Ramsey on Russell’s Analysis of Matter and the Partial Interpretation of Theories
    • 1.6 Constructive Empiricism and Partial Interpretation
  • 2. Molecular Reality
    • 2.1 The Molecular Hypothesis
    • 2.2 Molecular Reality and Brownian Motion
    • 2.3 The Nature and Status of Perrin’s “Connecting Link”
    • 2.4 Perrin’s Argument for Molecular Reality
    • 2.5 Thomson and the Constitution of Cathode Rays
  • 3. Poincaré on the Theories of Modern Physics
    • 3.1 Poincaré on “True Relations”
    • 3.2 Robustness versus Consilience
    • 3.3 Poincaré and Scientific Realism
    • 3.4 Russell and Poincaré
  • 4. Quantum Reality
    • 4.1 Bohr on the Primacy of Classical Concepts
    • 4.2 Complementarity, Completeness, and Einstein’s Local Realism
    • 4.3 Bell’s Theorem and Einstein’s Local Realism
    • 4.4 Quantum Mechanics and Reality
  • Editor’s Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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