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Emergence and Reduction in Physics: Elements in the Philosophy of Physics

Autor Patricia Palacios
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 oct 2022
This Element offers an overview of some of the most important debates in philosophy and physics around the topics of emergence and reduction and proposes a compatibilist view of emergence and reduction. In particular, it suggests that specific notions of emergence, which the author calls 'few-many emergence' and 'coarse-grained emergence', are compatible with 'intertheoretic reduction'. Some further issues that will be addressed concern the comparison between parts-whole emergence and few-many emergence, the emergence of effective (-field) theories, the use of infinite limits, the notion of intertheoretic reduction and the explanation of universal and cooperative behavior. Although the focus will be principally on classical phase transitions and other examples from condensed matter physics, the main aim is to draw some general conclusions on the topics of emergence and reduction that can help us understand a variety of case-studies ranging from high-energy physics to astrophysics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108814065
ISBN-10: 1108814069
Pagini: 75
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.13 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Elements in the Philosophy of Physics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction; 2. Phase transitions: A paradigm case; 3. Few-many reduction vs. few many emergence; 4. Universality, renormalization, and e ffective (-field) theories theories; 5. Intertheoretic reduction; 6. Conclusion; References.

Descriere

This Element addresses some of the most important discussion on the topics of emergence and reduction, suggesting a novel perspective.