Auteur: Steven French

In the past thirty years, two fundamental issues have emerged in the philosophy of science. One concerns the appropriate attitude we should take towards scientific theories–whether we should regard …

In The Structure of the World, Steven French articulates and defends the bold claim that there are no objects. At the most fundamental level, modern physics presents us with a world of structures and …

Quantum gravity is the name given to a theory that unites general relativity – Einstein’s theory of gravitation and spacetime – with quantum field theory, our framework for describing non-gravitation …

Can quantum particles be regarded as individuals, just like books, tables and people? According to the ‘received’ view – articulated by several physicists in the immediate aftermath of the quantum re …

In the past thirty years, two fundamental issues have emerged in the philosophy of science. One concerns the appropriate attitude we should take towards scientific theories–whether we should regard …

Thinking about Science, Reflecting on Art: Bringing Aesthetics and Philosophy of Science Together is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between the philosophy of science and ae …

Thinking about Science, Reflecting on Art: Bringing Aesthetics and Philosophy of Science Together is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between the philosophy of science and ae …

How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? What has been called ’the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’ sets a challe …

How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? What has been called ’the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’ sets a challe …

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and the development of sc …

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and the development of sc …

There Are No Such Things as Theories considers the fundamental question: what is a scientific theory? It presents a range of options – from theories are sets of propositions, to theories are families …

Quantum theory is widely regarded as one of the most successful theories in the history of science. It explains a hugely diverse array of phenomena and is a natural candidate for our best representat …

There Are No Such Things as Theories considers the fundamental question: what is a scientific theory? It presents a range of options – from theories are sets of propositions, to theories are families …

Steven French suggests a radical new approach to the understanding of quantum physics, derived from Husserl’s phenomenological philosophy. In 1939 two physicists, Fritz London and Edmund Bauer, publi …

Steven French suggests a radical new approach to the understanding of quantum physics, derived from Husserl’s phenomenological philosophy. In 1939 two physicists, Fritz London and Edmund Bauer, publi …

Science has made a huge impact on human society over hundred years, but how does it work? How do scientists do the things they do? How do they come up with the theories? How do they test them? How do …

Science has made a huge impact on human society over hundred years, but how does it work? How do scientists do the things they do? How do they come up with the theories? How do they test them? How do …

The philosophical questions raised by the history and practice of science are among the most complex and stimulating. The philosophy of science inquires into such matters as scientific reasoning, sci …

The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Science presents a practical and up-to-date research resource to the philosophy of science. Addressing fundamental questions asked by areas that have con …

The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Science presents a practical and up-to-date research resource to the philosophy of science. Addressing fundamental questions asked by areas that have con …