03566nam 2200709 450 991078719010332120230803204637.03-11-038351-93-11-035440-310.1515/9783110354409(CKB)3710000000229180(EBL)1609489(SSID)ssj0001435876(PQKBManifestationID)11847859(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001435876(PQKBWorkID)11452235(PQKB)11095915(MiAaPQ)EBC1609489(DE-B1597)389166(OCoLC)890071036(OCoLC)891761735(DE-B1597)9783110354409(Au-PeEL)EBL1609489(CaPaEBR)ebr11014122(CaONFJC)MIL805917(EXLCZ)99371000000022918020150212h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScientific realism in particle physics a causal approach /Matthias EggBoston, [Massachusetts] ;Berlin, [Germany] :Walter de Gruyter Inc.,2014.©20141 online resource (200 p.)Epistemische Studien : Schriften zur Erkenntnisund Wissenschaftstheorie,2198-1884 ;Band 29Description based upon print version of record.3-11-035439-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. The recent debate on scientific realism -- Part II. Causal realism -- Part III. The quantum challenge.Particle physics studies highly complex processes which cannot be directly observed. Scientific realism claims that we are nevertheless warranted in believing that these processes really occur and that the objects involved in them really exist. This book defends a version of scientific realism, called causal realism, in the context of particle physics. The first part of the book introduces the central theses and arguments in the recent philosophical debate on scientific realism and discusses entity realism, which is the most important precursor of causal realism. It also argues against the view that the very debate on scientific realism is not worth pursuing at all. In the second part, causal realism is developed and the key distinction between two kinds of warrant for scientific claims is clarified. This distinction proves its usefulness in a case study analyzing the discovery of the neutrino. It is also shown to be effective against an influential kind of pessimism, according to which even our best present theories are likely to be replaced some day by radically distinct alternatives. The final part discusses some specific challenges posed to realism by quantum physics, such as non-locality, delayed choice and the absence of particles in relativistic quantum theories.Epistemische StudienParticles (Nuclear physics)Data processingPhysicsPhilosophyRealismCausal explanation.physics.quantum physics.Particles (Nuclear physics)Data processing.PhysicsPhilosophy.Realism.530.1202855133CC 3500rvkEgg Matthias1583573MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787190103321Scientific realism in particle physics3866818UNINA