Philosophy and the New Physics | Philosophy

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First Published in 1982 Philosophy and the New Physics is a compact and yet remarkably rich excursion through the history of physics from Newtonian mechanics to quantum physics. The theory of relativity quantum mechanics and ideas about the ‘fundamental constituents’ of matter have attracted a great deal of philosophical comment. Indeed the originators of some of these theories thought they were solving philosophical problems as well as scientific ones. Classical physics is often portrayed as epitomizing ‘mechanistic materialism’ and the revolution in modern physics is variously claimed to vindicate ‘logical positivism’ ‘operationalism’ ‘organicism’ ‘dialectical materialism’ and ‘Buddhist m…