Physics, Structure, and Reality /

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Main Author: North, Jill (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Physics, Structure, and Reality -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: Introduction -- 2: What is Structure? Why Care about It? -- 2.1 An example -- 2.2 Examples from physics -- 2.3 Related notions -- 2.4 Comparing structures -- 3: Inferences about Structure -- 3.1 Inference rules -- 3.2 Structure presupposed by the laws -- 3.3 Minimizing and matching structure -- 3.4 Other principles -- 3.5 Invariance, structure, and coordinates -- 4: Classical Mechanics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 An overview of the theories -- 4.2.1 Newtonian mechanics -- 4.2.2 Lagrangian mechanics 
505 8 |a 4.3 Examples using Newtonian mechanics -- 4.4 Newton's law and Cartesian coordinates -- 4.5 Examples using Lagrangian mechanics -- 4.6 Cross-structural comparison -- 4.7 Applying the minimize-structure rule -- 5: Spatiotemporal Structure -- 5.1 The debate about spacetime -- 5.2 A brief history of space -- 5.3 A lesson of the traditional examples -- 5.4 A disagreement about ground -- 5.5 The disagreement: further details -- 5.6 An argument for substantivalism -- 5.7 A challenge for relationalism -- 6: Realism about Structure -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Taking the mathematics (too) seriously 
505 8 |a 6.3 A different realism about structure -- 6.4 Structure, models, and scientific theories -- 7: On the Equivalence of Physical Theories -- 7.1 Differing criteria -- 7.2 Initial cases -- 7.3 More cases -- 7.4 Metaphysical and informational equivalence -- 7.5 Additional cases -- 7.6 Explanation matters -- References -- Index. 
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