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Author French, Steven.

Title Identity in physics : a historical, philosophical, and formal analysis / by Steven French and Décio Krause
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 422 pages)
Contents Individuality in classical physics -- Quantum statistics and non-individuality -- Individuality and non-individuality in quantum mechanics -- Names, nomological objects and quasets -- A problem for present-day mathematics -- The mathematics of non-individuality -- Non-reflexive quantum logics -- The logic of quanta
Summary Drawing on philosophical accounts of identity and individuality, as well as the histories of both classical and quantum physics, this book explores two alternative metaphysical approaches to quantum particles
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-413) and index
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Subject Physics -- Philosophy.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Individuality.
Individuality
identity.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
SCIENCE -- Energy.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Individuality
Physics -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
Author Krause, Decio.
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0199278245
9780199278244
9780191535222
0191535222
9780191603952
0191603953