Discovery or Construction?: Astroparticle Physics and the Search for Physical Reality: 73 - Brossura

Gil, Francisco Jose Soler

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ISBN 10: 3631637209 ISBN 13: 9783631637203

Casa editrice: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2012

Riassunto

Are the phenomena of physics discovered or rather constructed? If physical phenomena are to be understood as constructions, then physics is nothing more than useful fiction, lacking relevance for the characterisation of such a thing as «real» nature. This book puts forward two theses: First, that astroparticle physics is a very appropriate field for examining this issue; and second, that scientific research would unfold differently, depending on whether such research follows a realistic or a constructivist dynamics. In addition to the presentation of the key elements of astroparticle physics and the summary of evidence for the evaluation of the realistic and social constructivist positions at the present state of this discipline, this book provides some specific examples of research developments that will evolve in different ways in the near future, depending on whether astroparticle physicists pursue their research in the sense of realism or in the sense of social constructivism.

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L'autore:

Francisco José Soler Gil studied Physics and Philosophy at the University of Granada (Spain). He is a Doctor of Philosophy from the University Bremen (Germany) and has carried out research at the University of Bremen and the Technical University of Dortmund (Germany). He is currently a research staff member «Ramón y Cajal» at the University of Seville (Spain). He has published several books and articles on Philosophy of Physics.

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• Editore: Peter Lang Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3631637209
• ISBN 13: 9783631637203
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232