Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory

Quantum Field Theory A Philosophical Approach to

In a critically acclaimed work, philosophy professor Paul Teller lays forth the basic ideas of quantum field theory in a way that is understandable to readers who are familiar with non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Teller challenges philosophers to extend their thinking beyond the realm of quantum mechanics; and he challenges physicists to consider the philosophical issues that their A Philosophical Approach To Quantum Field Theory …

In particular, the book explores a dissipative approach to quantum field theory, which is illustrated for scalar field theory and quantum electrodynamics, and proposes an attractive explanation of the Planck scale in quantum gravity. Offering a radically new perspective on this topic, the book focuses on the conceptual foundations of quantum field theory and ontological questions. It also Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field …

A New Perspective on the Philosophical … Abstract. I discuss issues concerning the philosophical foundations andimplications of quantum field theory, renormalization inparticular. A new understanding of the correspondence principle,an unexpected role of perturbation theory and, most of all, acriterion to reduce the set of consistent theories frominfinitely many to finitely many, are the key concepts of atheoretical set-up that

This paper explores various functions of idealizations in quantum field theory. To this end it is ... Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory. H. Brown.