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logical empiricism and the methodology of modern physics
The final work of the esteemed philosopher William Demopoulos supplants logical empiricism's accounts of physical theories, which fail to satisfactorily engage modern physics. Arguing for a new appreciation of the tightly woven character of theory and evidence, Demopoulos offers novel insights into the distinctive nature of quantum reality.
Logical empiricist and related reconstructions of theoretical knowledge: The partial interpretation account of theories -- Carnap on Ramsey sentences and the explicit definition of theoretical terms -- A proposal of David Lewis and two theorems of John Winnie -- Putnam's model-theoretic argument -- Ramsey on Russell's analysis of matter and the partial interpretation of theories -- Constructive empiricism and partial interpretation -- 2. Molecular reality: The molecular hypothesis -- Molecular reality and Brownian motion -- The nature and status of Perrin's "connecting link" -- Perrin's argument for molecular reality -- Thomson and the constitution of cathode rays -- 3. Poincaré on the theories of modern physics: Poincaré on "true relations" -- Robustness versus consilience -- Poincaré and scientific realism -- Russell and Poincaré -- 4. Quantum reality: Bohr on the primacy of classical concepts -- Complementarity, completeness, and Einstein's "local realism" -- Bell's theorem and Einstein's local realism -- Quantum mechanics and reality.
William Demopoulos ; edited with a foreword and afterword by Michael Friedman.
Includes bibliographical references and index.