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Inconsistency, asymmetry, and non-locality : a philosophical investigation of classical electrodynamics / Mathias Frisch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frisch, Mathias, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in the philosophy of science.
- Oxford studies in the philosophy of science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electrodynamics--Philosophy.
- Electrodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Philosophical investigation of classical electrodynamics
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Electrodynamics has largely been ignored by philosophers of science due to what Frisch says is a mistaken view that it is conceptually unproblematic. Part of the goal of this book is to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has some very interesting conceptual problems worth discussing.
- Contents:
- Introduction : theories and models
- Part one : particles
- Inconsistency
- In search of coherence
- Non-locality
- Part two : fields
- The arrow of radiation
- Absorber and entropy theories of radiation
- The retardation condition
- David Lewis on waves and counterfactuals
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988377-7
- 1-281-19695-9
- 9786611196950
- 0-19-803842-9
- 1-4237-2072-5
- OCLC:
- 922952667
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