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In search of relativistic time [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores the status of some notions which are usually associated to time, like datations, chronology, durations, causality, cosmic time and time functions in the Einsteinian relativistic theories. It shows how, even if some of these notions do
Lachieze-Rey, Marc
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Cosmology, Particles, and the Unity of Science [PDF]
, 2001 During the last three decades, there has been a growing realization among physicists and cosmologists that the relation between particle physics and cosmology may constitute yet another successful example of the unity of science.
Zinkernagel, Henrik
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Can Bohmian Mechanics Be Made Background Independent? [PDF]
, 2015 The paper presents an inquiry into the question regarding the compatibility of Bohmian mechanics, intended as a non-local theory of moving point-like particles, with background independence.
Vassallo, Antonio
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Philosophy of Experimental Biology [PDF]
, 2009 Philosophers have committed sins while studying science, it is said – philosophy of science focused on physics to the detriment of biology, reconstructed idealizations of scientific episodes rather than attending to historical details, and focused on ...
Stegenga, Jacob
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Full Text Book of IJHER Congress, 2021 Modern Western philosophy is the third stage in the history of philosophy, and it begins at the beginning of the seventeenth century with Descartes.
Salima Gaid
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, 2009 This note provides a summary of the meaning of the term `Superselection Rule' in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum-Field Theory. It is a slightly extended version of a contribution to the Compendium of Quantum Physics: Concepts, Experiments, History and ...
Giulini, Domenico
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Hume, the Philosophy of Science and the Scientific Tradition [PDF]
, 2018 Although the main focus of Hume’s career was in the humanities, his work also has an observable role in the historical development of natural sciences after his time.
Slavov, Matias
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A hole revolution, or are we back where we started? [PDF]
, 2005 Doubts are raised concerning Rickles' claim that ``an exact analog of the hole argument can be constructed in the loop representation of quantum gravity'' (Rickles, `A new spin on the hole argument', Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 36
Pooley, Oliver
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New Perspectives on the Hole Argument [PDF]
, 2020 This special issue of Foundations of Physics collects together articles representing some recent new perspectives on the hole argument in the history and philosophy of physics.
Roberts, BW, Weatherall, JO
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, 2009 We concisely review the history, physics and significance of coherent states.Comment: To appear in: Compendium of Quantum Physics: Concepts, Experiments, History and Philosophy, eds. D. Greenberger, K. Hentschel, and F.
Milonni, Peter W., Nieto, Michael Martin
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