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The Theoretical Practices of Physics R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)

The Theoretical Practices of Physics By R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)

The Theoretical Practices of Physics by R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)

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R. I. G. Hughes explores the theoretical practices that scientists use in doing physics. He offers a critical examination of accounts that notable physicists give of their practices, and investigates the roles of laws, disunities, models and representation, computer simulation, and explanation, in physics as it has been practised.

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The Theoretical Practices of Physics: Philosophical Essays by R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)

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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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, well beyond the confines of academic philosophy. He does this with both panache and analytical rigor. 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 recommended book. It provides much detailed analysis of some interesting new case studies in theoretical physics and contains plenty of subtle distinctions, profound insights and fascinating quirky interpretations... 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. * Mauricio Suarez, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

About R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)

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

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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NPB9780199546107
9780199546107
019954610X
The Theoretical Practices of Physics: Philosophical Essays by R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)
R. I. G. Hughes (University of South Carolina)
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Oxford University Press
2009-12-10
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