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9780198814979

Scientific Realism and the Quantum

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    9780198814979

  • ISBN10:

    0198814976

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2020-03-27
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Steven French, University of Leeds,Juha Saatsi, University of Leeds

Steven French gained his PhD at the University of London under the supervision of Michael Redhead. After working in Brazil and the USA he moved to Leeds in 1993, where he is Professor of Philosophy of Science. He has published numerous articles and books in the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of science more generally, covering issues from the metaphysics of quantum theory to scientific modelling and structural realism. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

Juha Saatsi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Leeds. He works on various topics in philosophy of science, and he has particular interests in the philosophy explanation and the scientific realism debate. He is co-editor of The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Science (2014), The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity (Oxford 2006), and Explanation Beyond Causation (Oxford 2018).

Table of Contents


1. Introduction, Steven French and Juha Saatsi
Part I: Rethinking Scientific Realism
2. Scientific Realism Without the Quantum, Carl Hoefer
3. Truth vs. Progress Realism about Spin, Juha Saatsi
Part II: Underdetermination and Interpretation
4. Can We Quarantine the Quantum Blight?, Craig Callender
5. Quantum Theory as a Framework and its Implications on the Measurement Problem, David Wallace
6. Naturalism and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, J. E. Wolff
Part III: Pragmatism about Quantum Theory
7. Pragmatist Quantum Realism, Richard Healey
8. Can Pragmatism About Quantum Theory Handle Objectivity About Explanations?, Lina Jansson
9. Quantum Mechanics and its (Dis)Contents, Peter J. Lewis
Part IV: Wavefunction and Quantum State Realism
10. Losing Sight of the Forest for the Psi: Beyond the Wavefunction Hegemony, Alisa Bokulich
11. Scientific Realism without the Wave Function, Valia Allori
12. On the Status of Quantum State Realism, Wayne C. Myrvold
Part V: Scientific Realism and Quantum Field Theory
13. The Non-Miraculous Success of Formal Analogies in Quantum Theories, Doreen Fraser
14. Towards a Realist View of Quantum Field Theory, James D. Fraser
15. Perturbing Realism, Laura Ruetsche

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