The Theoretical Practices of Physics: Philosophical Essays
Author:   R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199654369


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780199654369


ISBN 10:   0199654360
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword 1: Criticism, Logical Empiricism, and the General Theory of Relativity 2: Theoretical Practice: The Bohm-Pines Quartet 3: Laws of Physics, the Representational Account of Theories, and Newton's Principia 4: Modelling, the Brownian Motion and the Disunities of Physics 5: Models and Representation 6: The Ising Model, Computer Simulation, and Universal Physics 7: Theoretical Explanation 8: The Discourse of Physics Bibliography

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`Review from previous edition Hughes has an unparalleled ability to draw meaningful connections between important issues in the philosophy of physics and more general issues in the arts and sciences at large ... The ensuing diversity of aims, approaches, and detailed case studies is the most striking hallmark of the book, making it a very unusual and charismatic contribution to contemporary philosophy of physics ... a highly original, beautifully creative book ... It breaks new ground in philosophy of physics and deserves to be read by everyone with an interest in the field. ' Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


Review from previous edition Hughes has an unparalleled ability to draw meaningful connections between important issues in the philosophy of physics and more general issues in the arts and sciences at large ... The ensuing diversity of aims, approaches, and detailed case studies is the most striking hallmark of the book, making it a very unusual and charismatic contribution to contemporary philosophy of physics ... a highly original, beautifully creative book ... It breaks new ground in philosophy of physics and deserves to be read by everyone with an interest in the field. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews


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R. I. G. Hughes is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina.

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