Frisch Mathias (54 results)

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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9780195172157.…

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Condition: New. This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics. Num Pages: 266 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HP; PB; PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 36. . 2017. Reprint. paperback. . . . . …

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Condition: New. This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics. Num Pages: 266 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HP; PB; PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 36. . 2017. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Much has been written on the role of causal notions and causal reasoning in the so-called 'special sciences' and in common sense. But does causal reasoning also play a role in physics Mathias Frisch argues that, contrary to what influential philosophical arguments purport to show, the answer is yes. Time-asymmetric causal structures are as integral a part of the representational toolkit of physics as a theory's dynamical equations. Frisch develops his argument partly through a critique of anti-causal arguments and partly through a detailed examination of actual examples of causal notions in physics, including causal principles invoked in linear response theory and in representations of radiation phenomena. Offering a new perspective on the nature of scientific theories and causal reasoning, this book will be of interest to professional philosophers, graduate students, and anyone interested in the role of causal thinking in science. …

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Condition: New. This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516. . 2014. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . …

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Condition: New. Designed to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has interesting conceptual problems worth discussing. This book also views that electrodynamics leaves out some aspects of scientific theorizing, namely that the notion that consistency is over-valued, and that an inconsistent theory can still be successful. Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. . 2005. hardcover. . . . . …

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Hardback. Condition: New. Mathias Frisch provides the first sustained philosophical discussion of conceptual problems in classical particle-field theories. Part of the book focuses on the problem of a satisfactory equation of motion for charged particles interacting with electromagnetic fields. As Frisch shows, the standard equation of motion results in a mathematically inconsistent theory, yet there is no fully consistent and conceptually unproblematic alternative theory. Frisch describes in detail how the search for a fundamental equation of motion is partly driven by pragmatic considerations (like simplicity and mathematical tractability) that can override the aim for full consistency. The book also offers a comprehensive review and criticism of both the physical and philosophical literature on the temporal asymmetry exhibited by electromagnetic radiation fields, including Einstein's discussion of the asymmetry and Wheeler and Feynman's influential absorber theory of radiation. Frisch argues that attempts to derive the asymmetry from thermodynamic or cosmological considerations fail and proposes that we should understand the asymmetry as due to a fundamental causal constraint. The book's overarching philosophical thesis is that standard philosophical accounts that strictly identify scientific theories with a mathematical formalism and a mapping function specifying the theory's ontology are inadequate, since they permit neither inconsistent yet genuinely successful theories nor thick causal notions to be part of fundamental physics.…

Condition: New. This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516. . 2014. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. Designed to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has interesting conceptual problems worth discussing. This book also views that electrodynamics leaves out some aspects of scientific theorizing, namely that the notion that consistency is over-valued, and that an inconsistent theory can still be successful. Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460. . 2005. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Much has been written on the role of causal notions and causal reasoning in the so-called 'special sciences' and in common sense. But does causal reasoning also play a role in physics Mathias Frisch argues that, contrary to what influential philosophical arguments purport to show, the answer is yes. Time-asymmetric causal structures are as integral a part of the representational toolkit of physics as a theory's dynamical equations. Frisch develops his argument partly through a critique of anti-causal arguments and partly through a detailed examination of actual examples of causal notions in physics, including causal principles invoked in linear response theory and in representations of radiation phenomena. Offering a new perspective on the nature of scientific theories and causal reasoning, this book will be of interest to professional philosophers, graduate students, and anyone interested in the role of causal thinking in science.…