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Quantum field theory is not only one of the most rapidly developing areas of contemporary physics, but it is also full of problems of great theoretical and philosophical interest. This collection discusses quantum field theory from a wide variety of standpoints. The contributors explore its mathematical structure extensively and work throuh its metaphysical and methodological implications in detail. The study is the first systematic attempt at the exploration of the nature and implications of quantum field theory. The contributors are: Michael Redhead, James T. Cushing, Robert Weingard, Rom Harre, Paul Teller, Gordon N. Fleming, Tian-Yu Cao, Ray F. Streater, Simon Saunders. The book should be of interest to philosophers of science, theoretical physicists, and historians of science.
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'the book offers a substantial and stimulating commentary on GFT as an object of philosophical enquiry ,,, the book offers a solid, useful and much needed beginning, and is for the most part clearly written and always clearly presented. I urge anyone with an interest in the subject to acquire it.' C.A. Hooker, University of Newcastle, Philosophy of Science
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The contributors approach QFT from a variety of standpoints. Part I offers two different interpretations of the value of studying the foundations of QFT as an area of separate metaphysical research. Parts II and III consider the metaphysical and methodological implications of such issues as the problem of the status of virtual particles; the technique of renormalization; and the role of covariance principles. Part IV examines the mathematical foundations of QFT.
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Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
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Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1988
ISBN 10: 0198249756
ISBN 13: 9780198249757
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