Scientific Realism in Particle Physics : : A Causal Approach / / Matthias Egg.
Particle physics studies highly complex processes which cannot be directly observed. Scientific realism claims that we are nevertheless warranted in believing that these processes really occur and that the objects involved in them really exist. This book defends a version of scientific realism, call...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Part I: The Recent Debate on Scientific Realism
- 1 Scientific Realism and Its Relation to Common Sense
- 2 Entity Realism
- 3 NOA and the Vices of the Realism Debate
- Part II: Causal Realism
- 4 Causal vs. Theoretical Warrant
- 5 Causal Warrant for the Neutrino: A Case Study
- 6 The Problem of Unconceived Alternatives
- Part III: The Quantum Challenge
- 7 Causal Realism in the Context of Bell-Type Experiments
- 8 Delayed-Choice Experiments and the Metaphysics of Entanglement
- 9 Particle Physics without Particles? On Causal Realism in Quantum Field Theory
- Bibliography
- Index