Phenomenological Approaches to Physics 1st Edition by Harald Wiltsche, Philipp Berghofer ISBN 978-3030469733 3030469733

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ISBN 10:  3030469733 

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Author: Harald A. Wiltsche, Philipp Berghofer

This book offers fresh perspective on the role of phenomenology in the philosophy of physics which opens new avenues for discussion among physicists, “standard” philosophers of physics and philosophers with phenomenological leanings.

Much has been written on the interrelations between philosophy and physics in the late 19th and early 20th century, and on the emergence of philosophy of science as an autonomous philosophical sub-discipline. This book is about the under-explored role of phenomenology in the development and the philosophical interpretation of 20th century physics.

Part 1 examines questions about the origins and value of phenomenological approaches to physics. Does the work of classical phenomenologists such as Husserl, Merleau-Ponty or Heidegger contain elements of systematic value to both the practice and our philosophical understanding of physics? How did classical phenomenology influence “standard” philosophy of science in the Anglo-American and other traditions?

Part 2 probes questions on the role of phenomenology in the philosophies of physics and science:

– Can phenomenology help to solve “Wigner’s puzzle”, the problem of the “unreasonable effectiveness” of mathematics in describing, explaining and predicting empirical phenomena?
– Does phenomenology allow better understanding of the principle of gauge invariance at the core of the standard model of contemporary particle physics?

– Does the phenomenological notion of “Lifeworld” stand in opposition to the “scientific metaphysics” movement, or is there potential for dialogue?

Part 3 examines the measurement problem. Is the solution outlined by Fritz London and Edmond Bauer merely a re-statement of von Neumann’s view, or should it be regarded as a distinctively phenomenological take on the measurement problem? Is phenomenology a serious contender in continuing discussions of foundational questions of quantum mechanics? Can other interpretational frameworks such as quantum Bayesianism benefit from implementing phenomenological notions such as constitution or horizonal intentionality?

Table of contents: 

Phenomenological Approaches to Physics: Mapping the Field

1. Phenomenological Approaches to Physics: Mapping the Field — Philipp Berghofer, Harald A. Wiltsche

2. On the Origins and Systematic Value of Phenomenological Approaches to Physics

3. Explaining Phenomenology to Physicists — Robert P. Crease

4. Husserl’s Phenomenology of Scientific Practice — Mirja Hartimo

5. Physics as a Form of Life — Paolo Palmieri

6. Unities of Knowledge and Being – Weyl’s Late “Existentialism” and Heideggerian Phenomenology — Norman Sieroka

Phenomenological Contributions to (Philosophy of) Physics

7. A Revealing Parallel Between Husserl’s Philosophy of Science and Today’s Scientific Metaphysics — Matthias Egg

8. Physical Things, Ideal Objects, and Theoretical Entities: The Prospects of a Husserlian Phenomenology of Physics — Lee Hardy

9. A Match Made on Earth: On the Applicability of Mathematics in Physics — Arezoo Islami, Harald A. Wiltsche

10. The Gauge Principle, Hermann Weyl, and Symbolic Construction from the “Purely Infinitesimal” — Thomas Ryckman

Phenomenological Approaches to the Measurement Problem

11. From a Lost History to a New Future: Is a Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Physics Viable? — Steven French

12. A Phenomenological Ontology for Physics: Merleau-Ponty and QBism — Michel Bitbol

13. QBism from a Phenomenological Point of View: Husserl and QBism — Laura de La Tremblaye

14. Back Matter

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