The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics (Hardcover, 1)

IntroductionEleanor Knox and Alastair Wilson Section A: Theories Part I: Classical mechanicsIntroduction to Part I 1. Newtonian MechanicsRyan Samaroo2. Formulations of Classical MechanicsJill North 3. Classical Spacetime StructureJames Weatherall 4. Relationism in Classical MechanicsJulian Barbour Part II: Special RelativityIntroduction to Part II 5. Relativity and Spacetime GeometryTim Maudlin 6. The Dynamical Approach to Spacetime TheoriesHarvey Brown 7. Relativity and the A-TheoryAntony Eagle 8. Relativistic Constraints on Interpretations of Quantum MechanicsWayne Myrvold Part III: General RelativityIntroduction to Part III 9. The Equivalence PrincipleDennis Lehmkuhl 10. The Hole ArgumentOliver Pooley 11. Relativistic Spacetime StructureSamuel Fletcher Part IV: Non-relativistic Quantum MechanicsIntroduction to Part IV 12. Bell’s Theorem, Quantum Probabilities, and SuperdeterminismEddy Keming Chen 13. DecoherenceElise Crull 14. Everettian Quantum Mechanics: StructureSimon Saunders 15. Everettian Quantum Mechanics: ProbabilitySimon Saunders 16. Collapse TheoriesPeter Lewis 17. Bohmian MechanicsRoderich Tumulka Part V: Quantum Field TheoryIntroduction to Part V 18. The Quantum Theory of FieldsDavid Wallace 19. Renormalization Group MethodsPorter Williams 20. Locality in (Algebraic) Quantum Field TheoryLaura Ruetsche 21. Particles in Quantum Field TheoryDoreen Fraser Part VI: Quantum GravityIntroduction to Part VI 22. The Development of Quantum GravityDean Rickles 23. String TheoryRichard Dawid 24. Quantum Gravity from General RelativityChristian Wuthrich 25. Spacetime ‘Emergence'Nick Huggett 26. The Problem of TimeKarim Thebault Part VII: Statistical Mechanics & ThermodynamicsIntroduction to Part VII 27. Equilibrium in Boltzmannian Statistical MechanicsRoman Frigg and Charlotte Werndl 28. Equilibrium in Gibbsian Statistical MechanicsRoman Frigg and Charlotte Werndl 29. Quantum Foundations of Statistical Mechanics and ThermodynamicsOrly Shenker 30. Entropy AsymmetryArianne Shahvisi Section B: Themes Part VIII: Explanations in PhysicsIntrodution to Part VIII 31. Causal Explanation in PhysicsMatthias Frisch 32. Non-Causal Explanations in PhysicsJuha Saatsi 33. Mechanistic Explanation in PhysicsLaura Felline 34. The Explanatory Value of Choosing the Appropriate ScaleLina Jansson Part IX: Intertheoretic RelationsIntroduction to Part IX 35. Nagelian ReductionFoad Dizadji-Bahmani 36. Phase TransitionsSorin Bangu 37. UniversalityRobert Batterman38. Chance and DeterminismNina Emery Part X: SymmetriesIntroduction to Part X39. Symmetry and Superfluous Structure: A Metaphysical OverviewShamik Dasgupta 40. Symmetry and Superfluous Structure: Lessons from History and Tempered EnthusiasmJenann Ismael 41. PermutationsAdam Caulton 42. Gauge TheoriesNicholas Teh 43. Time ReversalBryan Roberts 44. Symmetry BreakingElena Castellani Part XI: Metaphysics and PhysicsIntroduction to Part XI45. LawsMarc Lange 46. ChanceMauricio Suarez 47. HolismRichard Healey48. DimensionalitySusan Sterrett 49. FundamentalitySteven French Part XII: Cosmological QuestionsIntroduction to Part XII 50. Why is there Something rather than Nothing?Sean Carroll 51. Time in CosmologyCraig Callender and Casey McCoy 52. Fine-Tuning of the Universe for LifeLuke Barnes 53. Dark Matter and Dark EnergyMelissa Jacquart 54. Evidence in AstrophysicsSibylle Anderl