THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE. PHYSICS WITHOUT OBJECTS.

In this paper we draw attention to some problems with the view that physical theories are fundamentally about individual entities (= things). We highlight several ways in which sense can be made of a physics in which such an assumption is abandoned.

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Publicado en:Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences & the Humanities Vol. 104; pp. 101 - 122
Autores principales: Rickles, Dean, Bloom, Jessica
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Brill / Rodopi Dec2015
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Sumario:In this paper we draw attention to some problems with the view that physical theories are fundamentally about individual entities (= things). We highlight several ways in which sense can be made of a physics in which such an assumption is abandoned.