Article ID: CBB001252362

What Is and Why Do We Need Philosophy of Physics? (2012)

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Kuhlmann, Meinhard (Author)
Pietsch, Wolfgang (Author)


Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Volume: 43, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 209-214


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: First article in special issue, “Philosophy of Physics”
Language: English

Philosophy of physics is a small but thriving research field situated at the intersection between the natural sciences and the humanities. However, what exactly distinguishes philosophy of physics from physics is rarely made explicit in much depth. We provide a detailed analysis in the form of eleven theses, delineating both the nature of the questions asked in philosophy of physics and the methodology with which they are addressed.

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Includes Series Articles

Article Lam, Vincent; Esfeld, Michael (2012) The Structural Metaphysics of Quantum Theory and General Relativity. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 243-258). unapi

Article Mittelstaedt, Peter (2012) Are the Laws of Quantum Logic Laws of Nature?. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 215-222). unapi

Article Wüthrich, Christian (2012) The Structure of Causal Sets. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 223-241). unapi

Article Lyre, Holger (2012) The Just-So Higgs Story: A Response to Adrian Wüthrich. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 289-294). unapi

Article Egg, Matthias (2012) Causal Warrant for Realism about Particle Physics. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 259-280). unapi

Article Wüthrich, Adrian (2012) Eating Goldstone Bosons in a Phase Transition: A Critical Review of Lyre's Analysis of the Higgs Mechanism. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 281-287). unapi

Article Werndl, Charlotte (2012) Evidence for the Deterministic or the Indeterministic Description? A Critique of the Literature about Classical Dynamical Systems. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 295-312). unapi

Article Friebe, Cord (2012) Twins' Paradox and Closed Timelike Curves: The Role of Proper Time and the Presentist View on Spacetime. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 313-326). unapi

Article Falkenburg, Brigitte (2012) Pragmatic Unification, Observation and Realism in Astroparticle Physics. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 327-345). unapi

Article Gähde, Ulrich (2012) Anomalies and Coherence: A Case Study from Astronomy. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 347-359). unapi

Article Seck, Carsten (2012) Metaphysics within Chemical Physics: The Case of Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics. Journal for General Philosophy of Science (pp. 361-375). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Juliana Genevieve Souza André
Bruzzaniti, Giuseppe
Bschir, Karim
Caruana, Louis
Drago, Antonino
Harrington, James
Journals
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Science in Context
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
HOPOS
Perspectives on Science
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Aracne
Bloomsbury Academic
Carocci Editore
Oxford University Press
Pickering & Chatto
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Philosophy
Chemistry
Mathematics
People
Bohm, David Joseph
Hessen, Boris Mikhailovich
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Broek, Antonius van den
Descartes, René
Eddington, Arthur Stanley
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20th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Modern
19th century
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United States
Brazil
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Austria
Italy
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Observatoire de Paris
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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