Physics Of Ignorance: Representation, Realism, And The Renormalization Group

Ruetsche, Laura (Louis E. Loeb Collegiate Professor Of Philosophy, Louis E. Loeb Collegiate Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Michigan)

ISBN 10: 0192894005 / ISBN 13: 9780192894007

Published by Oxford University Press, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Physics Of Ignorance: Representation, Realism, And The Renormalization Group
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192894005
• ISBN 13: 9780192894007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

This book explicates the physics and mathematics of our very best theories of the universe, in order to frame, and make progress on, the question: what (if anything) does their enigmatic success tell us about what the physical world is really like?

About the Author

Laura Ruetsche, Louis E. Loeb Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan

As a Carleton College undergraduate, Laura Ruetsche studied physics, philosophy, and classical Greek. As a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, she wrote an BPhil thesis on Plato's Timeaus. She completed a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, whose faculty she joined in 1996. In 2008, she moved to the University of Michigan, where she is Louis E. Loeb Collegiate Professor of Philosophy. Her honours include a Lakatos Award for her 2011 Interpreting Quantum Theories (OUP) and election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022. Her interests include feminist and critical approaches to science and its epistemology.