书目名称 | The Logical Structure of Mathematical Physics | 编辑 | Joseph D. Sneed | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Synthese Library | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This book is about scientific theories of a particular kind - theories of mathematical physics. Examples of such theories are classical and relativis tic particle mechanics, classical electrodynamics, classical thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, hydrodynamics, and quantum mechanics. Roughly, these are theories in which a certain mathematical structure is employed to make statements about some fragment of the world. Most of the book is simply an elaboration of this rough characterization of theories of mathematical physics. It is argued that each theory of mathematical physics has associated with it a certain characteristic mathematical struc ture. This structure may be used in a variety of ways to make empirical claims about putative applications of the theory. Typically - though not necessarily - the way this structure is used in making such claims requires that certain elements in the structure play essentially different roles. Some playa "theoretical" role; others playa "non-theoretical" role. For example, in classical particle mechanics, mass and force playa theoretical role while position plays a non-theoretical role. Some attention is given to showing how this distincti | 出版日期 | Book 1979Latest edition | 关键词 | mathematical physics | 版次 | 2 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9522-2 | isbn_softcover | 978-90-277-1059-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-94-009-9522-2Series ISSN 0166-6991 Series E-ISSN 2542-8292 | issn_series | 0166-6991 | copyright | D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1979 |
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