Why More Is Different Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems

Why More Is Different Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems / edited by Brigitte Falkenburg, Margaret Morrison.

The physics of condensed matter, in contrast to quantum physics or cosmology, is not traditionally associated with deep philosophical questions. However, as science - largely thanks to more powerful computers - becomes capable of analysing and modelling ever more complex many-body systems, basic que...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Falkenburg, Brigitte (Editor), Morrison, Margaret (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:The Frontiers Collection,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Condensed matter.
Philosophy and science.
Physics.
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (B. Falkenburg, M. Morrison)
  • Reduction: On the Success and Limitations of Reductionism in Physics (H. Meyer-Ortmanns)
  • On the Relation between the Second Law of Thermodynamics and Classical and Quantum Mechanics (B. Drossel).- Dissipation in Quantum Mechanical Systems - Where is the System and Where is the Reservoir? (J. Ankerhold)
  • Explanation via Microreduction - One the Role of Scale Separation for Quantitative Modelling (R. Hillerbrand)
  • Emergence: Why is More Different? (M. Morrison)
  • Autonomy and Scales (R. Battermann).- More is Different...Sometimes: Ising Models, Emergence, and Undecidability (P. Humphreys)
  • Functional Reduction and Emergence (S. Bangu)
  • Parts and Wholes:
  • Stability, Energence and Part-Whole Reduction (A. Hüttemann, R. Kühm, O. Terzidis).- Between Rigor and Reality: Many-Body Models in Condensed Matter Physics (A. Gelfert).- How Do Quasi-Particles Exist? (B. Falkenburg).- A Mechanistic Reading of Quantum Laser Theory (M. Kuhlmann).

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