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Hughes, R. I. G.

 
9780199546107: The Theoretical Practices of Physics: Philosophical Essays

Synopsis

R.I.G Hughes presents a series of eight philosophical essays on the theoretical practices of physics. The first two essays examine these practices as they appear in physicists' treatises (e.g. Newton's Principia and Opticks) and journal articles (by Einstein, Bohm and Pines, Aharonov and Bohm). By treating these publications as texts, Hughes casts the philosopher of science in the role of critic. This premise guides the following 6 essays which deal with various concerns of philosophy and physics such as laws, disunities, models and representation, computer simulation, explanation, and the discourse of physics.

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À propos de l'auteur

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

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