Philosophy, mathematics and modern physics

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Springer, Dordrecht

1994

244 Pages

ISBN 978-3-642-78810-9

Philosophy, mathematics and modern physics

a dialogue

Edited by

Enno Rudolph, Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu

Publication details

Full citation:

Rudolph, E. , Stamatescu, I. (eds) (1994). Philosophy, mathematics and modern physics: a dialogue, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

On the dialogue between physics and philosophy

Rudolph Enno; Stamatescu Ion-Olimpiu

2-17

Questions concerning theory and experience and the role of mathematics in physical science

Stamatescu Ion-Olimpiu; Wismann Heinz

18-31

Is conscious awareness consistent with space-time descriptions?

Penrose Roger

34-47

Space and time

Lurçat François

48-66

On renormalization in quantum field theory and the structure of space-time

Stamatescu Ion-Olimpiu

67-91

Quantum theory — a window to the world beyond physics

Squires Euan J.

92-103

Quantum cosmology and the emergence of a classical world

Kiefer Claus

104-119

On the origin of structure in the universe

Barbour Julian

120-131

Galaxy creation in a non-big-bang universe

Arp Halton

132-143

What kind of science is cosmology?

144-167

On the assumption that our concepts "structure the material of our experience"

Mühlhölzer Felix

170-185

On the mathematical overdetermination of physics

Scheibe Erhard

186-199

The mathematical frame of quantum field theory

Fredenhagen Klaus

200-204

The role of mathematics in contemporary theoretical physics

Münster Gernot

205-212

A most general principle of invariance

Scheibe Erhard

213-225

Kant and the straight biangle

Prauss Gerold

226-234

Substance as function

Rudolph Enno

235-242

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