Constituting Objectivity. Transcendental Perspectives on Modern Physics

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Collectif

  • Pages : VIII-544
  • Collection : The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science
  • Nombre de volumes : 1
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  • Support : Print
  • Format : 24 cm.
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Édition : Original
  • Ville : Heidelberg ; Dordrecht ; New York
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  • ISBN : 978-1-4020-9509-2
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  • Date de création : 04-01-2011
  • Dernière mise à jour : 02-11-2015

Résumé

Anglais

In recent years, many philosophers of modern physics came to the conclusion that the problem of how objectivity is constituted (rather than merely given) can no longer be avoided, and therefore that a transcendental approach in the spirit of Kant is now philosophically relevant. The usual excuse for skipping this task is that the historical form given by Kant to transcendental epistemology has been challenged by Relativity and Quantum Physics. However, the true challenge is not to force modern physics into a rigidly construed static version of Kant's philosophy, but to provide Kant's method with flexibility and generality. – In this book, the top specialists of the field pin down the methodological core of transcendental epistemology that must be used in order to throw light on the foundations of modern physics. First, the basic tools Kant used for his transcendental reading of Newtonian Mechanics are examined, and then early transcendental approaches of Relativistic and Quantum Physics are revisited. Transcendental procedures are also applied to contemporary physics, and this renewed transcendental interpretation is finally compared with structural realism and constructive empiricism. The book will be of interest to scientists, historians and philosophers who are involved in the foundational problems of modern physics. M.-M. V.

Article(s)

Introduction

BITBOL Michel, KERSZBERG Pierre, PETITOT Jean

pages 1 à 30


Newton and Kant on Absolute Space: From Theology to Transcendental Philosophy

FRIEDMAN Michael

pages 35 à 50


On Kant's Transcendental Account of Newtonian Mechanics

KERSZBERG Pierre

pages 51 à 72


Ernst Cassirer: Open Constitution by Functional A Priori and Symbolical Structuring

SCHMITZ-RIGAL Christiane

pages 75 à 93


On the Transposition of the Substantial into the Functional: Bringing Cassirer's Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics into the Twenty-First Century

CEI Angelo, FRENCH Steven

pages 95 à 115


Moritz Schlick: Between Synthetic A Priori Judgment and Conventionalism

BONNET Christian

pages 117 à 126


Carnap's Relativised A Priori and Ontology

PARRINI Paolo

pages 127 à 143


The Transcendental Domain of Physics

HARRÉ Rom

pages 149 à 158


Determinism, Determination, and Objectivity in Modern Physics

BRITTAN Gordon G.

pages 159 à 168


The Constitution of Objects in Classical Physics and in Quantum Physics

MITTELSTAEDT Peter

pages 169 à 181


Laws of Nature: The Kantian Approach

BONIOLO Giovanni

pages 183 à 201


The Transcendental Role of the Principle of Anticipations of Perception in Quantum Mechanics

KAUARK-LEITE Patricia

pages 203 à 213


Can the Principle of Least Action Be Considered a Relativized A Priori?

STÖLTZNER Michael

pages 215 à 227


A Critical Account of Physical Reality

FALKENBURG Brigitte

pages 229 à 248


Einstein, Kant, and the Relativized A Priori

FRIEDMAN Michael

pages 253 à 267


A Cognizable Universe: Transcendental Arguments in Physical Cosmology

BALASHOV Yuri

pages 269 à 278


Hermann Weyl and “First Philosophy”: Constituting Gauge Invariance

RYCKMAN Thomas

pages 279 à 298


Old Wine Enriched in New Bottles: Kantian Flavors in Bohr's Viewpoint of Complementarity

BROCK Steen

pages 301 à 316


A Transcendental Account of Correspondence and Complementarity

PRINGE Hernán

pages 317 à 327


The Convergence of Transcendental Philosophy and Quantum Physics: Grete Henry-Hermann's 1935 Pioneering Proposal

SOLER Léna

pages 329 à 344


Decoherence and the Constitution of Objectivity

BITBOL Michel

pages 347 à 357


The Entangled Roots of Objective Knowledge

OSNAGHI Stefano

pages 359 à 374


Can Classical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?

CATREN Gabriel

pages 375 à 386


A View of the Symbolic Structure of Modern Physics

STAMATESCU Ion-Olimpiu

pages 389 à 402


Symbolic Constructions in Quantum Field Theory

DOSCH Hans Günter, MÜLLER Volkhard F., SIEROKA Norman

pages 403 à 413


Noncommutative Geometry and Transcendental Physics

PETITOT Jean

pages 415 à 455


Can Empiricism Leave Its Realism Behind? Toward a Dialogue with Transcendentalists

VAN FRAASSEN Bastiaan C.

pages 459 à 479


A Physicist's Approach to Kant

ESPAGNAT Bernard d’

pages 481 à 490


Structural Realism and Abductive-Transcendental Arguments

LYRE Holger

pages 491 à 501


Provisional Knowledge

TELLER Paul

pages 503 à 514