Why More Is Different

Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems

Brigitte Falkenburg, Margaret Morrison (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

X, 280 Seiten

2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-52309-4 (ISBN)

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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 questions of philosophical relevance arise. Questions about the emergence of structure, the nature of cooperative behaviour, the implications of the second law, the quantum-classical transition and many other issues. This book is a collection of essays by leading physicists and philosophers. Each investigates one or more of these issues, making use of examples from modern condensed matter research. Physicists and philosophers alike will find surprising and stimulating ideas in these pages.

Prof. Brigitte Falkenburg TU Dortmund, Germany Prof. Margaret Morrison University of Toronto, Canada.

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).

Erscheinungsdatum	14.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	The Frontiers Collection
Zusatzinfo	X, 280 p. 21 illus.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
Schlagworte	Complexity in Condensed Matter • Complex Systems • Condensed matter physics • Construction of Many Body Models • Dynamics and statics • History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics • History of Science • materials / states of matter • Microreductionist Descriptions • Multi-scale Models • Ontological Aspects of Emergence • philosophy of science • Physics • Physics and Astronomy • Reality of Quasi-Particles • Reduction and Emergence in Condensed Matter • Scale Separation • Statistical Physics • Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
ISBN-10	3-662-52309-4 / 3662523094
ISBN-13	978-3-662-52309-4 / 9783662523094
Zustand	Neuware