Why More Is Different : Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems
Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015
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The physics of condensed matter, in contrast to quantum physics or cosmology, is not traditionally associated with deep philosophical questions. However, as science - largely thanks to more powerful computers - becomes capable of analysing and modelling ever more complex many-body systems, basic questions of philosophical relevance arise. Questions about the emergence of structure, the nature of cooperative behaviour, the implications of the second law, the quantum-classical transitio ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | Why More Is Different : Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems / edited by Brigitte Falkenburg, Margaret Morrison. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015. - X, 280 p. 21 illus ; online resource. - (The Frontiers Collection) |
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Introduction (B. Falkenburg, M. Morrison) -- Reduction: On the Success and Limitations of Reductionism in Physics (H. Meyer-Ortmanns) -- On the Relation between the Second Law of Thermodynamics and Classical and Quantum Mechanics (B. Drossel).- Dissipation in Quantum Mechanical Systems - Where is the System and Where is the Reservoir? (J. Ankerhold) -- Explanation via Microreduction - One the Role of Scale Separation for Quantitative Modelling (R. Hillerbrand) -- Emergence: Why is More Different? (M. Morrison) -- Autonomy and Scales (R. Battermann).- More is Different...Sometimes: Ising Models, Emergence, and Undecidability (P. Humphreys) -- Functional Reduction and Emergence (S. Bangu) -- Parts and Wholes: -- Stability, Energence and Part-Whole Reduction (A. Hüttemann, R. Kühm, O. Terzidis).- Between Rigor and Reality: Many-Body Models in Condensed Matter Physics (A. Gelfert).- How Do Quasi-Particles Exist? (B. Falkenburg).- A Mechanistic Reading of Quantum Laser Theory (M. Kuhlmann). - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9783662439104
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| ID scheda | 139466 |
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