The Ashgate Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of PhysicsDean Rickles Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - 386 strani This text's intended audience is beginning graduate (or advanced undergraduate) students of philosophy and physics. Its aim is to prime the budding philosopher of physics to as advanced a level as possible without lapsing into research writing mode. |
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CONTENTS | 7 |
References | 88 |
A Field Guide to Recent Work on the Foundations | 99 |
References | 184 |
Philosophical Aspects of Quantum Information Theory | 197 |
References | 253 |
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