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THE PHILOSOPHY OF VACUUM
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| By: |
Simon Saunders (Editor), Harvey R. Brown (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£147.50 |
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£129.06 |
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£18.44 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198244495 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198244493 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 June, 1991 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Description: |
This book deals with a very important subject - the philosophy of physics is currently very popular among philosophers of science and the vacuum in particular is emerging as the central structure of modern physics. The book's most notable feature is the inclusion of a hitherto untranslated paper by Albert Einstein, but the other contributors are very distinguished, and they include Sir Roger Penrose, author of The Emperor's NewMind. The collection also has some interdisciplinary appeal - it will interest be of interest to philosophers working in metaphysics and to physicists and mathematicians, as well as to philosophers of science. |
| Synopsis: |
BL Contains a hitherto untranslated paper by Einstein. The vacuum is fast emerging as the central structure of modern physics. How is this possible? What is the vacuum concept, and why is it so important? This collection brings together philosophically-minded specialists who engage these issues in the context of classical gravity, quantum electrodynamics, and the grand unification programme. The vacuum emerges as the synthesis of concepts of space, time, and matter; in the context of relativity and the quantum this new synthesis represents a structure of the most intricate and novel complexity. The Philosophy of Vacuum is unashamedly a project in metaphysics. The science of our time has transformed the concepts of space and time and of force and matter, yet the philosophy of Bohr and his school has found small purchase on the contemporary concerns of physics, and there are few guidelines to be found within the empiricist tradition of contemporary philosophy. However slippery the conundrums of metaphysical realism, the message of contemporary science remains the same: concepts and heuristics are grounded in consideration of what exists in the world.Here, then, is a work in modern metaphysics, in which the concepts of substance and space interweave in the most intangible of forms, the background and context of our physical experience: vacuum, void or nothingness. |
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| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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