The Philosophy of Vacuum
The Philosophy of Vacuum
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What is the vacuum concept, and why is it so important? This volume brings together philosophically-minded specialists who enlarge on these issues in the context of classical gravity, quantum electrodynamics, and the grand unification programme.
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The Philosophy of Vacuum by Simon Saunders
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.
The ideas expressed by the physicists are in many cases very interesting and challenging.. A very interesting collection * Metascience 1992, No 2 *
For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject. * Times Literary Supplement *
A very interesting collection * Metascience, 1992, No. 2 *
useful collection ... This collection is a valuable one because it contains, in addition to what is implied by the title, readable discussions of the ideas behind much of the frontier of physics as the twentieth century draws to a close. * C.W. Kilmister, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1994 *
For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject. * Times Literary Supplement *
A very interesting collection * Metascience, 1992, No. 2 *
useful collection ... This collection is a valuable one because it contains, in addition to what is implied by the title, readable discussions of the ideas behind much of the frontier of physics as the twentieth century draws to a close. * C.W. Kilmister, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1994 *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198244493 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198244495 |
| Title | The Philosophy of Vacuum |
| Author | Simon Saunders |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-06-13 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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