On theories : logical empiricism and the methodology of modern physics

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서명/저자사항	On theories: logical empiricism and the methodology of modern physics / William Demopoulos ; edited with a foreword and afterword by Michael Friedman.
개인저자	Demopoulos, William.  Friedman, Michael, 1947-
발행사항	Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2022.
형태사항	xxiv, 247 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN	9780674237575
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	1. Logical empiricist and related reconstructions of theoretical knowledge: The partial interpretation account of theories -- Carnap on Ramsey sentences and the explicit definition of theoretical terms -- A proposal of David Lewis and two theorems of John Winnie -- Putnam's model-theoretic argument -- Ramsey on Russell's analysis of matter and the partial interpretation of theories -- Constructive empiricism and partial interpretation -- 2. Molecular reality: The molecular hypothesis -- Molecular reality and Brownian motion -- The nature and status of Perrin's "connecting link" -- Perrin's argument for molecular reality -- Thomson and the constitution of cathode rays -- 3. Poincaré on the theories of modern physics: Poincaré on "true relations" -- Robustness versus consilience -- Poincaré and scientific realism -- Russell and Poincaré -- 4. Quantum reality: Bohr on the primacy of classical concepts -- Complementarity, completeness, and Einstein's "local realism" -- Bell's theorem and Einstein's local realism -- Quantum mechanics and reality.
일반주제명	Empiricism. Physics --Philosophy. Quantum theory. Science --Philosophy.
분류기호(DDC)	171.2
언어	영어