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The study of the physical world had its origins in philosophy, and, two-and-one-half millennia later, the scientific advances of the twentieth century are bringing the two fields closer together again. So argues Lawrence Sklar in this brilliant new text on the philosophy of physics.Aimed at students of both disciplines, Philosophy of Physics is a broad overview of the problems of contemporary... Read more
Introduction: Philosophy and the Physical Sciences -- Space, Time, and Motion -- The Introduction of Probability into Physics -- The Quantum Picture of the World -- Reflections on the Interdependence of Philosophy and Science
Biography
Lawrence Sklar
