Inconsistency, asymmetry, and non-locality : a philosophical investigation of classical electrodynamics /
Electrodynamics has largely been ignored by philosophers of science due to what Frisch says is a mistaken view that it is conceptually unproblematic. Part of the goal of this book is to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has some very interesting conceptual proble...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in the philosophy of science.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Electrodynamics has largely been ignored by philosophers of science due to what Frisch says is a mistaken view that it is conceptually unproblematic. Part of the goal of this book is to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has some very interesting conceptual problems worth discussing. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423720725 9781423720720 0195172159 9780195172157 9780199835294 0199835292 |