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Record Nr.

UNINA9911015680603321

Autore

Scheibe Erhard

Titolo

The Reduction of Physical Theories : A Contribution to the Unity of Physics Part 2: Incommensurability and Limiting-Case Reduction / / by Erhard Scheibe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-662-70298-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 pages)

Collana

Fundamental Theories of Physics, , 2365-6425 ; ; 218

Altri autori (Persone)

FalkenburgBrigitte

JaegerGregg

Disciplina

530.01

Soggetti

Physics - Philosophy

Science - Philosophy

Mathematical physics

Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy

Philosophy of Science

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Reduction to relativistic theories -- Reduction to general relativity -- Micro-reductions -- Classical mechanics and quantum mechanics.

Sommario/riassunto

By describing examples of four fundamental physical theories, this work of Erhard Scheibe presents an important and powerful approach to reduction in physics. Novel to the approach is that it is based not on a single eternally valid concept of reduction, but on a series of recursively constructed reductions, with which all reductions appear as combinations of very specific elementary reductions. In addition to the kinds of reduction introduced in the first volume, the limiting case reduction is included as a new reduction type here, which becomes effective in combination with those introduced earlier. This second volume demonstrates the far-reaching consequences of the concept for selected examples in physics: Special and General Relativity Theory, and Quantum Mechanics. A separate chapter is dedicated to the subtle



concept of micro-reduction and to kinetic theory. The book is systematically organized and intended for readers interested in philosophy of science as well as physicists without deep philosophical knowledge.