Physical theory : method and interpretation /

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Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
©2015
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12015616
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Other authors / contributors:Sklar, Lawrence, editor.
ISBN:9780199336029
0199336024
9780199396740
0199396744
9780195145649
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:This collection surveys two aspects of contemporary philosophy of science: the methods of physical science and crucial aspects of foundational theories of physics. Part 1 explores the methodological topics, scientific explanation, probabilistic explanation, laws of nature, interpretation of theories, the structure of physical theories, and evolution and revolution in scientific change. In part 2 the studies of foundational physics explore contemporary theories of space and time, quantum theories of fields, and statistical mechanics.
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