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Particle Metaphysics
Brigitte Falkenburg
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Description for Particle Metaphysics
Hardback. Are the particles of modern physics 'real' or are they virtual entities, their existence deduced merely by abstract theories? This book examines the debate regarding the inner constitution of matter by exploring the particle concept in physics. It investigates if the particles of particle physics are real or not. Series: Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 404 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
Metaphysics, with which, as fate would have it, I have fallen in love but from which I can boast of only a few favours, o?ers two kinds of advantage. The ?rst is this: it can solve the problems thrown up by the enquiry of mind, when it uses reason to spy after the more hidden properties of things. But hope is here all too often disappointed by the outcome. And, on this occasion, too, satisfaction has escaped our eager grasp. [...] The second advantage of metaphysics is more consonant with the nature of the human understanding. It consists [...] in ... Read more
Metaphysics, with which, as fate would have it, I have fallen in love but from which I can boast of only a few favours, o?ers two kinds of advantage. The ?rst is this: it can solve the problems thrown up by the enquiry of mind, when it uses reason to spy after the more hidden properties of things. But hope is here all too often disappointed by the outcome. And, on this occasion, too, satisfaction has escaped our eager grasp. [...] The second advantage of metaphysics is more consonant with the nature of the human understanding. It consists [...] in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Series
Frontiers Collection
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540337317
SKU
V9783540337317
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Reviews for Particle Metaphysics
From the reviews: "This work could, and should, change the direction of current philosophy of science. Accomplished physicist-philosopher Falkenburg … has constructed a significant metaphysical framework in which to evaluate the knowledge claims of empirical particle physics. … Urgently recommended to all philosophers of science and interested physicists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through ... Read more