The Ultimate Constituents of the Material World : : In Search of an Ontology for Fundamental Physics / / Meinard Kuhlmann.

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• VerfasserIn: Kuhlmann, Meinard,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis , 37
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)

Today, quantum field theory (QFT)-the mathematical and conceptual framework for contemporary elementary particle physics-is the best starting point for analysing the fundamental building blocks of the material world. QFT if taken seriously in its metaphysical implications yields a picture of the wor...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Part I. Ontology and Quantum Field Theory
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Philosophical Background
• 3. Ontology and Physics
• 4. History and Basic Structure of QFT
• 5. Alternative Approaches
• 6. The Ontological Significance of QFT and AQFT
• Part II. Classical Ontologies
• 7. Classical vs. Revisionary Ontologies
• 8. Particle Interpretation of QFT
• 9. Field Interpretations of QFT
• Part III. Revisionary Ontologies
• 10. Process Ontology
• 11. Trope Ontology I: The Ontological
• 12. Trope Ontology II: Properties and Things
• Part IV. The Trope Bundle Interpretation of QFT: A New Ontology for Fundamental Physics
• 13. Dispositional Trope Ontology
• Part V. Concluding Remarks
• 14. Physics and Philosophy
• 15. Summing Up
• Part VI. Appendices
• Abbreviations and Notation
• A. Special Relativity Theory: Some Notation and Required Results
• B. Ontologically Oriented Survey of Quantum Mechanics
• C. Advanced Foundational Topics in QFT
• D. Assumptions and Results of AQFT
• Bibliography
• Physics (and Mathematics) Glossary
• Philosophy Glossary
• Backmatter