The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy

by Richard Healey

Book Overview

Quantum theory launched a revolution in physics. But we have yet to understand the revolution's significance for philosophy. Richard Healey opens a path to such understanding. Most studies of the conceptual foundations of quantum theory first try to interpret the theory - to say how the world could possibly be the way the theory says it is. But, though fundamental, quantum theory is enormously successful without describing the world in its own terms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019871405X
• ISBN13: 9780198714057
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"