Reality and the Physicist: Knowledge, Duration and the Quantum World - Softcover

D'Espagnat, Bernard

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9780521338462: Reality and the Physicist: Knowledge, Duration and the Quantum World
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ISBN 10: 0521338468 ISBN 13: 9780521338462
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Contemporary physics, especially quantum theory, has raised profound questions about the relationship between the methods of science and the reality these methods seek to investigate. D'Espagnat investigates these questions as well as how we should answer them. Part I examines the practices of contemporary physicists and addresses the criticism philosophers of science have made of these practices. The doctrine of physical realism, adopted by most physicists and many philosophers of science, comprises Part II. Part III explores the consequences of physical realism for our understanding of what science can seek to know of reality, and concludes by outlining the position contemporary physics indicates we should take.

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The relationship between scientific methodology and the reality it seeks to investigate is examined by studying the practices and criticism of contemporary physicists.

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Text: English, French (translation)

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521338468
ISBN 13 
9780521338462
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
284
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