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Towe, Joe Patrick. "On discrete geometrodynamical theories in physics." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184435.

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The authors of the Rainich-Misner-Wheeler theory no longer believe that everything physical can be accounted for in terms of the topological-geometrical structure of ordinary spacetime. However, many physicists and philosophers entertain the possibility that a geometrodynamics (a theory which accounts for sources as well as fields in terms of topological-geometrical structure) may be feasible in the context of a more general topology. In this dissertation I consider two topological-geometrical models (based upon a single suggestive formalism) in which a geometrodynamics is both feasible and pe

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Greene, Blythe Anastasia. "The Imperfect Present| Stoic Physics of Time." Thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10978558.

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<p> This dissertation addresses a set of problems in understanding the Stoic physics of time. It begins by investigating the ontology of time as an incorporeal in Stoic physics. I show that time is constructed as a deliberate parallel to two of the other incorporeals – place and void. Time is defined as the “<i>diast&emacr;ma</i>” of motion, and much of the debate over the Stoic theory of time has centered on the definition of this term “<i>diast&emacr;ma</i>,” which may mean interval, extension, or dimension. I argue that only the reading of “dimension&rdqu

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Wardy, R. B. B. "A study of Physics VII." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354355.

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Miller, Elizabeth Louise. "No Metaphysics within Physics?" Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11403.

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This dissertation has three parts. In "Quantum Entanglement, Bohmian Mechanics, and Humean Supervenience," I defend David Lewis's metaphysical doctrine of Humean supervenience, and traditional metaphysical reductionism more generally, against an alleged holistic threat encapsulated in the non-separability argument from quantum entanglement. I argue that, contrary to popular belief, realism about quantum mechanics is compatible with Humean reductionism.<br>Philosophy

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Vranicar, David. "The relationship between physics and the West's philosophy of God." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2008. http://165.236.235.140/lib/DVranicar2008.pdf.

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Morris, Kathryn 1970. "Geometrical physics : mathematics in the natural philosophy of Thomas Hobbes." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=37789.

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My thesis examines Thomas Hobbes's attempt to develop a mathematical account of nature. I argue that Hobbes's conception of how we should think quantitatively about the world was deeply indebted to the ideas of his ancient and medieval predecessors. These ideas were often amenable to Hobbes's vision of a demonstrative, geometrically-based science. However, he was forced to adapt the ancient and medieval models to the demands of his own thoroughgoing materialism. This hybrid resulted in a distinctive, if only partially successful, approach to the problems of the new mechanical philosophy.

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Robertson, Katherine. "Reductive aspects of thermal physics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2019. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/289427.

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This thesis examines various reductive case studies in thermal physics. In particular, I argue that according to my account of reduction-as-construction, there are two suc- cessful examples of reduction. Thermodynamics reduces to statistical mechanics, and statistical mechanics reduces to the underlying microdynamics - be they quantum or classical. The reduction of a given theory alters that theory's scope, that is: its domain of applicability. The scope of thermodynamics will be central to this thesis - and I will argue for a narrower scope than some authors. This thesis consists of four Chap

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Brock, Steen. "Niels Bohr's philosophy of quantum physics in the light of the Helmholtzian tradition of theoretical physics /." Berlin : Logos, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39075854d.

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Crystal, Lisa. "Quantum Times: Physics, Philosophy, and Time in the Postwar United States." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10973.

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The concept of time in physics underwent significant changes in the decades following World War II. This dissertation considers several ways in which American physicists grappled with these changes, analyzing the extent to which philosophical methods and questions played a role in physicists' engagement with time. Two lines of questioning run through the dissertation. The first asks about the professional identities of postwar American physicists in relation to philosophy, as exemplified by their engagement with the concept of time. The second analyzes the heterogeneous nature of time in physi

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Dewar, Neil Archdale. "Symmetries in physics, metaphysics, and logic." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:38b380cb-7f64-40cb-b94c-eba4b3b652ac.

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This thesis examines the idea that when a physical theory contains symmetries, the theory should be interpreted in such a way that symmetry-related models represent the same physical state of affairs. It argues that we can best do so by drawing on analogies to ideas in philosophy of logic and language: specifically, by thinking of symmetries as a means of translating a theory into itself. It consists of six chapters, together with an introduction and conclusion. In Chapter 1, I set up the main ideas needed to more precisely frame the question at hand: namely, the notions of symmetry, interpret

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Yi, Sang Wook. "How to model macroscopic worlds : towards the philosophy of condensed matter physics." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2001. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1658/.

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Condensed matter physics studies many-body phenomena, the phenomena involving a huge number of constituents interacting with each other strongly. My theme is modelling in condensed matter physics: the construction of mathematical/physical structures in order to understand many-body phenomena in the world. I study how condensed matter physicists learn about many-body phenomena from the successful employment of models. My proposal is to construe condensed matter physics as engaged essentially with the three activities: model-building, model-exploring and model-based understanding. General theori

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Copeland, Brian Dwight. "A proposal concerning the application of the principle of complementarity in philosophy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25369.

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The aim of this paper is to outline a position concerning the unity of knowledge and to provide a model for the relationship between reality and knowledge. This paper is based on remarks made by E.W. Beth in his Foundations of Mathematics, in which he claims a new version of realism is needed. This realism would hold that man is acquainted with four aspects of reality and that the various aspects should be considered complementary. More specifically Beth states: In my opinion, man has on account of his own life experience an immediate and authentic contact with various spheres (perhaps

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Blair, Samuel Wesley. "The relationship between theology and physics with special reference to time." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241328.

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Schinckus, Christophe. "When physics became undisciplined : an essay on econophysics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/279683.

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In the 1990s, physicists started looking beyond their disciplinary boundaries by using their methods to study various problems usually thrown up by financial economics. This dissertation deals with this extension of physics outside its disciplinary borders. It seeks to determine what sort of discipline econophysics is in relation to physics and to economics, how its emergence was made possible, and what sort of knowledge it produces. Using a variety of evidence including bibliometric analysis Chapter 1 explores the field’s disciplinary identity as a branch of physics even though its intellectu

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Eng, David 1966. "The role of idealizations in the realism/anti-realism debate /." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69579.

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The thesis focuses on what impact the use of idealizations has on the realism/anti-realism debate concerning the fundamental laws of physics. My aim is modest. It is not to present an argument for either the realist or the anti-realist position but rather to show where the debate stands once we have considered recent arguments by Laymon and Cartwright which have made use of the notion of idealization assumptions. My intent is to point out the difficulties of Laymon's argument for realism in the hope of showing what must be accomplished in providing a more convincing argument for realism. I wil

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Wong, Wing-Hong. "An appraisal of the interpretation of Einsteinian physics in T.F. Torrance's scientific theology." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1994. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=128381.

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In the introductory chapter (chapter 1) of this thesis, through a survey of literature it is demonstrated that a major, systematic, and detailed appraisal of the interpretation of natural science, especially Einsteinian physics, in T.F. Torrance's programme of scientific theology is really overdue. In chapter 2, the basic themes of scientific theology, especially those which are more pertinent to Torrance's interpretation of Einstein's physics, are surveyed. In chapter 3, the themes which are specifically relevant to his interpretation of the implications of Einsteinian physics for systematic

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Dettelbach, Michael Stuart. "Romanticism and administration mining, galvanism and oversight in Alexander von Humboldt's global physics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252134.

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CARROLL, JOHN WILLIAM. "THE NATURE OF PHYSICAL LAWS (CAUSATION, NECESSITY, ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183855.

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A program for advancing a new philosophical account of physical laws is presented. The program is non-reductive in that it maintains that any correct account of physical laws must recognize law sentences as irreducible--that is, as not admitting of an analysis which does not invoke any unanalyzed nomic facts (i.e. causal statements, law statements, subjunctive conditionals, etc.). The program has the unusual attraction of being consistent with Nominalism and epistemically in the spirit of Empiricism. Initially motivating my program is a two-stage attack in chapters two and three on all reducti

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Casnati, María Gabriela. "The reference to Timaeus in Physics IV 2." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113217.

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In this paper, we discuss some possible readings of Physics IV 2, where Aristotle identifies the Platonic χώρα of the Timaeus with ὕλη, μεταληπτικόν and μεθεκτικόν. We will study common features that bring the receptacle of the Timaeus closer to Aristotelian matter and space, and that make it natural for Aristotle to identify χώρα with matter. However, we will try to show that, in spite of the similarities between the receptacle and what Aristotle understands for place and matter, the mechanics of appropriation of the Platonic text that the Stagirite operates, forcing an equivalence with his o

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Lee, Jeongmin. "Bohr vs. Bohm interpreting quantum theory through the philosophical tradition /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3240040.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, 2006.<br>"Title from dissertation home page (viewed July 16, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-10, Section: A, page: 3842. Advisers: Jordi Cat; Michael Dickson.

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Trott, Adriel M. "The challenge of physics reconciling nature and reason in Aristotle's "Politics" /." Click here for download, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1495950061&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3260&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ridley, Timothy J. "A Psychology of Complementarity| Toward a Synochi of Psyche and Physis." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10790614.

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<p> This hermeneutic research attempts to address the mind and body problem using complementarity from quantum physics and dual aspect monism from philosophy. Quantum mechanics and dual-aspect monism offer ways to explain complex phenomena that include aspects that are seemingly contradictory. In quantum physics, wave–particle complementarity describes how an atom is both a particle and a wave. In dual-aspect monism, the underlying domain of the universe is neither physical nor mental, but these are both aspects of the ontology. Applying these ideas from quantum mechanics and dual-aspect

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Taub, Liba Chaia. "Philosophy and physics in book one of The Mathematical Syntaxis : an examination of the "Aristotelianism" of Ptolemy /." Full-text version available from OU Domain via ProQuest Digital Dissertations, 1987.

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Larsen, Ellinor. "Is Time an Illusion?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-162361.

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The purpose of this essay was to see whether our idea of time might be an illusion, and inorder to find out, I look both at what modern philosophy says about the concept of time aswell as what modern physics says. I want to see if there is consensus between the two fields inorder to find a unified definition of time; and using this definition I want to see whether timemight be an illusion. As it turns out, time is an elusive concept that is difficult to define, andeven though most, if not all, researchers in both philosophy and physics agree that time exists,there is little else they agree on

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Vericat, Fabio L. "From physics to metaphysics : philosophy and style in the critical writings of T.S. Eliot (1913-1935)." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2002. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7445/.

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This thesis considers Eliot's critical writing from the late 1910s till the mid-1930s, in the light of his PhD thesis - Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley - and a range of unpublished material: T S. Eliot's Philosophical Essays and Notes (1913- 4) in the Hayward Bequest (King's College, Cambridge University); T. S. Eliot's Family Papers in the T. S. Eliot Collection at the Houghton Library (Harvard University); and items from the Harvard University Archives at the Pusey Library. 'Me thesis offers a comprehensive view of Eliot's critical development throughout this impo

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Auger, Frederick V. "Neurobiological dimensions of transference/countertransference interpreted through the lens of analytical psychology and modern physics." Thesis, Saybrook University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10254870.

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<p> This theoretical dissertation utilizes alchemical hermeneutic methodology to identify, compare, and critique core assumptions in modern physics and the Freudian, Jungian, and neuroscience paradigms. Common ideas and parallels in modern physics and analytical psychology are outlined and offered as a way to deepen understanding of contemporary neuroscience research on transference/counter-transference in psychotherapy. From the perspective of Freudian theory, based on Western rationalism, humans are understood as objects among objects operating in a universe of linear causality; the unconsci

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de, Clark Sybil Gertrude. "The scharnhorst effect| Superluminality and causality in effective field theories." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10247716.

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<p> We present two re-derivations of the Scharnhorst effect. The latter was first obtained in 1990 by Klaus Scharnhorst, soon followed by Gabriel Barton, and consists in the theoretical prediction that the phase velocity of photons propagating in a Casimir vacuum normal to the plates would be larger than <i> c.</i> (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.) </p>

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Keskin, Emre. "It's About Time: Dynamics of Inflationary Cosmology as the Source of the Asymmetry of Time." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5050.

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This project is about the asymmetry of time. The main source of discontent for physicists and philosophers alike is that even though in every physical theory we developed and/or discovered for explaining how the universe functions, the laws are time reversal invariant; there seems to be a very genuine asymmetry between the past and the future. The aim of this project is to examine several attempts to solve this friction between the laws of physics and the asymmetry and provide a new proposal that makes use of modern cosmology. In the recent history of physics and in contemporary philosophy of

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Callergård, Robert. "An Essay on Thomas Reid´s Philosophy of Science." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Filosofiska institutionen, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1006.

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Though generally recognized as a formative force in his philosophy, Thomas Reid’s Newtonianism and his philosophy of science has not received due attention among scholars. My aim is to inaugurate a detailed survey. In ch. 1 it is shown that Reid demarcates physics as against metaphysics and theology, making his brand of Newtonianism different from first generation moral and religious Newtonianism. In ch. 2 it is argued that "Newtonian" is not an apt label on Reid’s call for a Science of the human mind. Neither his practice within the field, nor his methodological views, make lawlike connection

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Mc, Loud Willem. "Introducing a Kantian interpretation of quantum physics : in accordance with Kant's philosophy of science in the Critique of the power of judgment, reinterpreted and reworked with special attention to the supersensible realm." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20069.

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In this thesis I confront the problem of indeterminism in quantum physics. The first pioneers accepted indeterminism as part of their Copenhagen interpretation and it was incorporated in Von Neumann's formulation (as the "projection postulate"). But how deep does this indeterminism go? With the arrival of quantum physics, the idea that the world is fundamentally deterministic has been shattered. Redhead's work showed that the experimental confirmation of the violation of Bell's inequality means that determinism has broken down; he even formulated a version of the Bell inequality that is not de

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Zabinski, Joseph W. "Was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält: Schrödinger’s Form, Schoenberg’s Idea, and Goethe’s Faust." Thesis, Boston College, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1337.

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Thesis advisor: Michael Resler<br>Thesis advisor: Rein Uritam<br>This undergraduate thesis examines the philosophical intersections underpinning Schrödinger's understanding of quantum physics and Schoenberg's atonal compositional techniques through the focusing prism of Goethe's Faust. The analysis begins with an exposition of the basics of quantum mechanics, and progresses to the unifying concept of form Schrödinger derives from this framework. Following a similar overview of tonal and atonal composition theory, the similarities between Schoenberg's parallel concept of idea and Schrödinger's

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Kelley, Logan. "The Quantum Dialectic." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/4.

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A philosophic account of quantum physics. The thesis is divided into two parts. Part I is dedicated to laying the groundwork of quantum physics, and explaining some of the primary difficulties. Subjects of interest will include the principle of locality, the quantum uncertainty principle, and Einstein's criterion for reality. Quantum dilemmas discussed include the double-slit experiment, observations of spin and polarization, EPR, and Bell's theorem. The first part will argue that mathematical-physical descriptions of the world fall short of explaining the experimental observations of qua

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Bassani, Douglas Antonio. "Sobre a concepção operacional de significado." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/280407.

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Orientador: Jairo Jose da Silva<br>Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T16:01:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bassani_DouglasAntonio_D.pdf: 770300 bytes, checksum: 79e160f3634bdee36d2d52581fd9263d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008<br>Resumo: Este trabalho visa apresentar e analisar os fundamentos da concepção operacional de significado proposta por P. W. Bridgman (1881-1965). Começo com o operacionalismo na Física, onde se originou, como tentativa de solução de problemas nos fundamentos. Trato

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Bydén, Börje. "Theodore Methochites' Stoicheiosis astronomike and the study of natural philosophy and mathematics in early palaiologan Byzantium." Göteborg : Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2003. http://books.google.com/books?id=6jdlAAAAMAAJ.

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Krey, Olaf. "Zur Rolle der Mathematik in der Physik : Wissenschaftstheoretische Aspekte und Vorstellungen Physiklernender." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2011. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2012/5941/.

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Mathematik spielt im Physikunterricht eine nicht unerhebliche Rolle - wenn auch eine zwiespältige. Oft wird sie sogar zum Hindernis beim Lernen von Physik und kann ihr emanzipatorisches Potenzial nicht entfalten. Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt zwei Bausteine für eine begründete Konzeption zum Umgang mit Mathematik beim Lernen von Physik zur Verfügung. Im Theorieteil der Arbeit werden zum Einen wissenschaftstheoretische Aspekte der Rolle der Mathematik in der Physik aufgearbeitet und der physikdidaktischen Forschungsgemeinschaft im Zusammenhang zugänglich gemacht. Zum anderen werden Forschungser

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Giovannetti, Gabriel. "La théorie coordinative de la connaissance et son lien avec les problèmes épistémologiques de la mesure dans les écrits empiristes-logiques de la première moitié du XXe siècle." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0489/document.

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Ce travail fait l’analyse du concept de « principe de coordination » tel qu’il se développe au sein de la théorie coordinative de la connaissance, et plus particulièrement au sein du mouvement empiriste-logique, à partir de la deuxième décennie du XXème siècle. Ce concept est primordial lorsqu’il s’agit de comprendre la manière dont la définition des concepts de grandeur en physique se construit comme la mise en rapport, la coordination, des variables mathématiques de la théorie avec les opérations de mesure dans le laboratoire. L’enjeu est de montrer qu’un des concepts centraux de l’empirisme

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Leib, Robert Samuel. "Being in Place: On Unity and Body in Aristotle." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1240233361.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2009.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 12, 2010). Advisor: Gina Zavota. Keywords: Aristotle, ancient physics, place, unity, Benjamin Morison. Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132).

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Sulcs, Sue 1952. "Maxwellian Renaissance and the illusion of quantization." Monash University, School of Philosophy and Bioethics, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8536.

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Desmond, Timothy. "Psyche=singularity| A comparison of Carl Jung's transpersonal psychology and Leonard Susskind's holographic string theory." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621045.

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<p> In this dissertation I discern what Carl Jung calls the mandala image of the ultimate archetype of unity underlying and structuring cosmos and psyche by pointing out parallels between his transpersonal psychology and Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind's string theory. Despite his atheistic, materialistically reductionist interpretation of it, I demonstrate how Susskind's string theory of holographic information conservation at the event horizons of black holes, and the cosmic horizon of the universe, corroborates the following four topics about which Jung wrote: (1) his near-death experie

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Voorhis, Jhenna. "Parsimony and Quantum Mechanics: An Analysis of the Copenhagen and Bohmian Interpretations." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/35.

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Parsimony, sometime referred to as simplicity, is an effective criterion of theory choice in the case of Quantum Mechanics. The Copenhagen and Bohmian interpretations are rival theories, with the Bohmian interpretation being more parsimonious. More parsimonious theories have a higher probability of being true than less parsimonious rivals. The Bohmian interpretation should thus be preferred on these grounds.

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Allen, John-Mark. "Reality, causality, and quantum theory." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:01413eef-0944-4ec5-ad53-ac8378bcf4be.

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Quantum theory describes our universe incredibly successfully. To our classically-inclined brains, however, it is a bizarre description that requires a reimagining of what fundamental reality, or 'ontology', could look like. This thesis examines different ontological features in light of the success of quantum theory, what it requires, and what it rules out. While these investigations are primarily foundational, they also have relevance to quantum information, quantum communication, and experiments on quantum systems. The way that quantum theory describes the state of a system is one of its mo

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Durham, Ian T. "Sir Arthur Eddington and the foundations of modern physics." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12933.

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In this dissertation I analyze Sir Arthur Eddington's statistical theory as developed in the first six chapters of his posthumously published Fundamental Theory. In particular I look at the mathematical structure, philosophical implications, and relevancy to modern physics. This analysis is the only one of Fundamental Theory that compares it to modern quantum field theory and is the most comprehensive look at his statistical theory in four decades. Several major insights have been made in this analysis including the fact that he was able to derive Pauli's Exclusion Principle in part from Heise

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Lamborn, Richard Samuel. "Thinking Nature, "Pierre Maupertuis and the Charge of Error Against Fermat and Leibniz"." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5979.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to defend Pierre Fermat and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz against the charge of error made against them by Pierre Maupertuis that they errantly applied final causes to physics. This charge came in Maupertuis’ 1744 speech to the Paris Academy of Sciences, later published in different versions, entitled Accord Between Different Laws Which at First Seemed Incompatible. It is in this speech that Maupertuis lays claim to one of the most important discoveries in the history of physics and science, The Principle of Least Action. From the date of this speech up until th

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Madfors, Ingela. "Backward time travel and its relevance for theological study : An explorative literature study based on physics, philosophy, counterfactual thinking and theology." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-8533.

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This paper explores the possibility and relevance of theological study of backward time travel and its consequences. An examination of current research on backward time travel reveals a number of interdisciplinary topics which are not handled within physics. Some of these topics, mainly concerning free will and determination, are of interest to philosophers, whereas topics such as meaning and responsibility are left aside. In theology, there is a general dismissal of the idea of backward time travel. This study claims that this negative stance may be the result of taking science and its meth

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Fu, Pi-Jern Caroline. "Energy-flow a new perspective on James MacGregor Burns' Transforming leadership: a new pursuit of happiness /." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1218205866.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Antioch University, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 26, 2008). Advisor: Peter Vaill, DBA. "A dissertation submitted to the Ph. D. in Leadership and Change program of Antioch University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy May, 2008"--The title page. Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-208).

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Rosaler, Joshua S. "Inter-theory relations in physics : case studies from quantum mechanics and quantum field theory." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1fc6c67d-8c8e-4e92-a9ee-41eeae80e145.

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I defend three general claims concerning inter-theoretic reduction in physics. First, the popular notion that a superseded theory in physics is generally a simple limit of the theory that supersedes it paints an oversimplified picture of reductive relations in physics. Second, where reduction specifically between two dynamical systems models of a single system is concerned, reduction requires the existence of a particular sort of function from the state space of the low-level (purportedly more accurate and encompassing) model to that of the high-level (purportedly less accurate and encompassin

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Galiautdinov, Andry. "Quantum theory of elementary processes." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28007.

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Wilson, Stephen A. "Matter Over Mind: But What Is “Matter”?" Cincinnati, Ohio University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ucin1179484502.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.<br>Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed July 18, 2007). Includes abstract. Keywords: Physicalism; Hempel's Dilemma; Physics Includes bibliographical references.

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Devji, Ümit Yoksuloglu. "Al-Ghazālī and quantum physics : a comparative analysis of the seventeenth discussion of Tahāfut al-Falāsifa and quantum theory." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79931.

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This thesis compares the concepts presented in the Seventeenth Discussion of al-Ghazali's Tahafut al-Falasifa with concepts currently being discussed in the field of quantum physics. Written as an attack on the neo-Platonic and Aristotelian thinking which challenged the orthodox theology of Medieval Islam, Tahafut al-Falasifa (Incoherence of the Philosophers) questions the understanding of physical reality forwarded by the philosophers of al-Ghazali's times. The Seventeenth Discussion ('On causality and miracles') in particular, with its aim of proving the possibility of miracles, quest

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Kitson, Adrian Robert. "On the zero-point energy of elliptic-cyliindrical and spheroidal boundaries : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics at Massey University, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1016.

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Zero-point energy is the energy of the vacuum. Disturbing the vacuum results in a change in the zero-point energy. In 1948, Casimir considered the change in the zeropoint energy when the vacuumis disturbed by two parallelmetal plates. The plates disturb the vacuum by restricting the quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. Casimir found that the change in the zero-point energy implies that the plates are attracted to each other. With the recent advances made in the experimental verification of this remarkable result, theoretical interest has been rekindled. In addition to the origina

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