Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond
暫譯: 物理學及其之外的機械解釋

Falkenburg, Brigitte, Schiemann, Gregor

Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2019-09-09
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 220
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  • ISBN: 303010706X
  • ISBN-13: 9783030107062
  • 相關分類: 物理學 Physics

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This volume offers a broad, philosophical discussion on mechanical explanations. Coverage ranges from historical approaches and general questions to physics and higher-level sciences . The contributors also consider the topics of complexity, emergence, and reduction.

Mechanistic explanations detail how certain properties of a whole stem from the causal activities of its parts. This kind of explanation is in particular employed in explanatory models of the behavior of complex systems. Often used in biology and neuroscience, mechanistic explanation models have been often overlooked in the philosophy of physics.

The authors correct this surprising neglect. They trace these models back to their origins in physics. The papers present a comprehensive historical, methodological, and problem-oriented investigation. The contributors also investigate the conditions for using models of mechanistic explanations in physics. The last papers make the bridge from physics to economics, the theory of complex systems and computer science .

This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers with an interest in the philosophy of science, scientific explanation, complex systems, models of explanation in physics higher level sciences, and causal mechanisms in science.


商品描述(中文翻譯)

本卷提供了對機械解釋的廣泛哲學討論。內容涵蓋從歷史方法和一般問題到物理學及更高層次科學的範疇。貢獻者們還考慮了複雜性、湧現和還原等主題。

機械解釋詳細說明了整體的某些特性如何源自其部分的因果活動。這種解釋特別用於複雜系統行為的解釋模型。機械解釋模型常用於生物學和神經科學，但在物理哲學中卻常常被忽視。

作者們糾正了這一令人驚訝的忽視。他們追溯這些模型的起源於物理學。這些論文呈現了一個全面的歷史、方法論和問題導向的調查。貢獻者們還探討了在物理學中使用機械解釋模型的條件。最後的論文將物理學與經濟學、複雜系統理論和計算機科學連接起來。

這本書將吸引對科學哲學、科學解釋、複雜系統、物理學中解釋模型及科學中的因果機制感興趣的研究生和研究人員。

作者簡介

Brigitte Falkenburg is Professor for Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Political Science at the Technische Universität Dortmund. She holds a diploma in physics, a PhD in Philosophy and a 2nd PhD in Physics. Her areas of specialization are: philosophy of science and technology, history of philosophy (Kant, Hegel, Neo-Kantianism). Selected publications: Mythos Determinismus (Heidelberg: Springer 2012); Particle Metaphysics (Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer 2007); Kants Kosmologie (Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann 2000); Wem dient die Technik? Johann Joachim Becher-Preis 2002. Ed. by the J.J.Becher-Stiftung (Baden-Baden: Nomos 2004). As editor: Why More is Different (with M. Morrison) (Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer 2015); From Ultrarays to Astroparticles (with W. Rhode) (Dordrecht: Springer 2012); Natur - Technik - Kultur (Paderborn: Mentis 2007); Erhard Scheibe: Between Rationalism and Empiricism. Selected Papers in the Philosophy of Physics (New York: Springer 2001).
Gregor Schiemann is Professor for Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at the Bergische Universität in Wuppertal. He holds a diploma in physics and a PhD in Philosophy. His areas of specialization are: history and philosophy of science, the concept of nature and the relation between science and lifeworld. Selected publications: Hermann von Helmholtz's Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty (Dordrecht: Springer, 2009); Werner Heisenberg (München: Beck, 2008); as editor and author (with M. Heidelberger) The Significance of the Hypothetical in the Natural Sciences. (Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2009), (with A. Nordmann and H. Radder) Science Transformed? Debating claims of an epochal break (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011); as editor (with D. Lehmkuhl and E. Scholz) Towards a Theory of Spacetime Theories (Dordrecht: Springer, 2017).

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

布里吉特·法爾肯堡（Brigitte Falkenburg）是多特蒙德科技大學（Technische Universität Dortmund）哲學與政治科學系的哲學教授。她擁有物理學文憑、哲學博士學位以及第二個物理學博士學位。她的專業領域包括：科學與技術哲學、哲學史（康德、黑格爾、新康德主義）。選定出版物包括：《神話決定論》（Mythos Determinismus）（海德堡：施普林格，2012）；《粒子形而上學》（Particle Metaphysics）（柏林/海德堡：施普林格，2007）；《康德的宇宙學》（Kants Kosmologie）（法蘭克福：克勞斯特曼，2000）；《技術為誰服務？》（Wem dient die Technik?）約翰·約阿希姆·貝赫獎（Johann Joachim Becher-Preis）2002年。由J.J.貝赫基金會編輯（Baden-Baden：Nomos，2004）。作為編輯：《為什麼更多是不同的》（Why More is Different）（與M. Morrison合著）（柏林/海德堡：施普林格，2015）；《從超射線到宇宙粒子》（From Ultrarays to Astroparticles）（與W. Rhode合著）（多德雷赫特：施普林格，2012）；《自然 - 技術 - 文化》（Natur - Technik - Kultur）（帕德博恩：Mentis，2007）；埃爾哈德·謝貝（Erhard Scheibe）：《在理性主義與經驗主義之間。物理哲學的選定論文》（Between Rationalism and Empiricism. Selected Papers in the Philosophy of Physics）（紐約：施普林格，2001）。

格雷戈爾·希曼（Gregor Schiemann）是伍珀塔爾的貝爾基希大學（Bergische Universität Wuppertal）哲學系的哲學教授。他擁有物理學文憑和哲學博士學位。他的專業領域包括：科學的歷史與哲學、自然的概念以及科學與生活世界之間的關係。選定出版物包括：《赫爾姆霍茲的機械論：確定性的喪失》（Hermann von Helmholtz's Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty）（多德雷赫特：施普林格，2009）；《維爾納·海森堡》（Werner Heisenberg）（慕尼黑：貝克，2008）；作為編輯和作者（與M. Heidelberger合著）《自然科學中假設的重要性》（The Significance of the Hypothetical in the Natural Sciences）（柏林/紐約：德古里特，2009）；（與A. Nordmann和H. Radder合著）《科學轉變了嗎？討論時代性斷裂的主張》（Science Transformed? Debating claims of an epochal break）（匹茲堡：匹茲堡大學出版社，2011）；作為編輯（與D. Lehmkuhl和E. Scholz合著）《邁向時空理論》（Towards a Theory of Spacetime Theories）（多德雷赫特：施普林格，2017）。

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