The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics

The most thorough volume of its type, covering most major perspectives accross 54 chapters by leading contributors split into 12 part. Parts 1-7 cover key physical theories (e.g. special relativity; quantum gravity). 8-12 cover shared themes (e.g. explanation; symmetries). Suitable for researchers and students.

Author: Eleanor Knox
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/31/2023
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.96lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.57d
ISBN: 9780367769611

About the Author

Eleanor Knox is Reader in Philosophy of Physics at King's College London. She works in philosophy of physics, particularly the philosophy of spacetime physics, and is also interested in issues of reduction and emergence, and how these two come together in quantum gravity.

Alastair Wilson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and Senior Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University. He works on philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, metaphysics, and epistemology, with special interests in the philosophy of quantum theory and the metaphysics of dependence. He is the author of The Nature of Contingency: Quantum Physics as Modal Realism (2020).