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   Appearance and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics » Read Now

   by Peter Kosso. 196 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   This is a book about quantum mechanics and relativity and their philosophical implications. The central question is whether these theories of modern physics indicate that we can know nature as it really is, or only as it appears to us. The foundational concepts and principles of quantum mechanics...

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   This is a book about quantum mechanics and relativity and their philosophical implications. The central question is whether these theories of modern physics indicate that we can know nature as it really is, or only as it appears to us. The foundational concepts and principles of quantum mechanics and relativity are clearly explained and then used to argue that we can know more than mere appearances of the natural world; we can know the way things really are.

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   Philosophy of Physics » Read Now

   by Lawrence Sklar. 246 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
   
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   Problems in the Foundations of Physics (Chap. 11 "The Relevance of Philosophy to Physics") » Read Now

   by Mario Bunge. 166 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
   
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   Constructive Philosophy (Part VI "Philosophy of Physics") » Read Now

   by Karl Richard Pavlovic. 291 pgs.

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   Quantum Philosophy: Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science (Chap. VIII "The Epistemology of Physics") » Read Now

   by Roland Omnes, Arturo Sangalli. 296 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   "I cannot think of any physicist who has ever embarked on a more ambitious philosophical project."--Jeffrey Alan Barrett, University of California, Irvine
   
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   Physics & Philosophy (1943) » Read Now

   by James W. Jeans. 222 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
   
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   The Philosophical Impact of Contemporary Physics (1961) » Read Now

   by Milic Capek. 414 pgs.

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   The Nature of Physical Reality: A Philosophy of Modern Physics (1950) » Read Now

   by Henry Margenau. 482 pgs.

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   Understanding Physics Today (1967) (Chap. I "Philosophising about Physics") » Read Now

   by W. H. Watson. 226 pgs.

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    The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama (Chap. 2 "Philosophical Reflections on Quantum Realities") » Read Now

    by Arthur Zajonc. 246 pgs.

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    What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton...

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    What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and Life conference in which five leading physicists and a historian (David Finkelstein, George Greenstein, Piet Hut, Arthur Zajonc, Anton Zeilinger, and Tu Weiming) discussed with the Dalai Lama current thought in theoretical quantum physics, in the context of Buddhist philosophy. A contribution to the science-religion interface, and a useful explanation of our basic understanding of quantum reality, couched at a level that intelligent readers without a deep involvement in science can grasp. In the tradition of other popular books on resonances between modern quantum physics and Zen or Buddhist mystical traditions--notably The Dancing Wu Li Masters and The Tao of Physics, this book gives a clear and useful update of the genuine correspondences between these two rather disparate approaches to understanding the nature of reality.

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    The Language of Modern Physics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science » Read Now

    by Ernest H. Hutten. 282 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library