Appearance and reality : an introduction to the philosophy of physics

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Title:

Author:

Kosso, Peter.

ISBN:

9780195115147

9780195115154

Personal Author:

Kosso, Peter.

Publication Information:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Physical Description:

x, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Physics and Philosophy -- Ch. 2. Appearance and Reality -- Ch. 3. The Special Theory of Relativity -- Ch. 4. The General Theory of Relativity -- Ch. 5. Relativity and Realism -- Ch. 6. Quantum Mechanics -- Ch. 7. Quantum Mechanics and Realism -- Ch. 8. Realistic Realism.

Subject Term:

Physics -- Philosophy.

Relativity (Physics)

Quantum theory.

Realism.

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This text looks at quantum mechanics and relativity and their philosophical implications. The central question is whether these theories of modern physics indicate that we can know nature as it really is, or only as it appears to us. The foundational concepts and principles of quantum mechanics and relativity are clearly explained and then used to argue that we can know more than mere appearances of the natural world; we can know the way things really are.