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I contrast two possible attitudes towards a given branch of physics: as inferential (i.e., as concerned with an agent's ability to make predictions given finite information), and as dynamical (i.e., a...
Probability in physics:stochastic,statistical,quantum
quantum mechanics statistical mechanics stochastic dynamics probability objective chance
2016/6/15
I review the role of probability in contemporary physics and the origin of probabilistic time asymmetry, beginning with the pre-quantum case (both stochastic mechanics and classical statistical mechan...
I show that Aristotelian physics is a correct approximation of Newtonian physics in its appropriate domain, in the same precise sense in which Newton theory is an approximation of Einstein's theory. A...
Theory Reduction in Physics:A Model-Based,Dynamical Systems Approach
reduction theory reduction physics dynamical system emergence intertheory relations inter-theory relations Nagel limit
2016/6/15
In 1973, Nickles identified two senses in which the term `reduction' is used to describe the relationship between physical theories: namely, the sense based on Nagel's seminal account of reduction in ...
Priority and Particle Physics:Ontic Structural Realism as a Fundamentality Thesis
structural realism fundamentality particle physics
2016/6/15
In this article, I address concerns that the ontological priority claims definitive of ontic structural realism are as they stand unclear, and I do so by placing these claims on a more rigorous formal...
Does cosmological expansion affect local physics?
Cosmology General Relativity Black Holes
2016/6/13
In this contribution I wish to address the question whether, and how, the global cosmological expansion influences local physics, like particle orbits and black hole geometries. Regarding the former I...
Unsharp Humean Chances in Statistical Physics:A Reply to Beisbart
Best System Analysis Chance Unsharp Probability Statistical Mechanics
2016/6/13
In an illuminating article, Claus Beisbart argues that the recently-popular thesis that the probabilities of statistical mechanics (SM) are Best System chances runs into a serious obstacle: there is n...
Physics and intrinsic properties
classical mechanics quantum mechanics gravitational mass dispositions Bell's theorem Bohmian mechanics
2016/6/13
The paper sketches out an ontology of physics in terms of matter being primitive stuff distributed in space and all the properties physics is committed to being dispositions that fix the temporal deve...
The reality of relations:the case from quantum physics
Newtonian mechanics quantum mechanics Bell's theorem ontic structural realism particles intrinsic properties dispositions relations structures Bohmian mechanics
2016/6/13
As far as classical physics is concerned, it is possible to trace causal relations between physical objects (i.e. particles in this case) back to intrinsic properties of these objects (such as their m...
Good just isn't good enough-Humean chances and Boltzmannian statistical physics
ontic probability D. Lewis thermodynamics Boltzmannian statistical physics
2016/6/12
Statistical physicists assume a probability distribution over micro-states to explain thermodynamic behavior. The question of this paper is whether these probabilities are part of a best system and ca...
Constructibility in Physics
set theoretical foundations of physics relational space-time Einstein-Weyl causality
2016/6/12
We pursue an approach in which space-time proves to be relational and its differential properties fulfill the strict requirements of Einstein-Weyl causality. Space-time is developed from a set theoret...
The Oxford Questions on the foundations of quantum physics
oundations relativity reality measurement collapse Polkinghorne
2016/6/12
The twentieth century saw two fundamental revolutions in physics—relativity and quantum. Daily use of these theories can numb the sense of wonder at their immense empirical success. Does their instrum...
I provide a self-contained introduction to the problem of the arrow of time in physics, concentrating on the irreversibility of dynamical processes as described in statistical mechanics.
Causal relations and explanatory strategies in physics
explanation causation physics models idealization
2016/5/31
Many philosophers now regard causal approaches to explanation as highly promising, even in physics. This is due in large part to James Woodward’s influential argument that a wide range of explanations...
Jill North argues that Hamiltonian mechanics provides the most spare -- and hence most accurate -- account of the structure of a classical world. We point out some difficulties for her argument, and r...