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| - | ==See also== | + | In [[philosophy]], the '''philosophy of physics''' studies the fundamental philosophical questions underlying modern [[physics]], the study of [[matter]] and [[energy]] and how they [[interaction|interact]]. The philosophy of physics begins by reflecting on the basic [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] and [[epistemology|epistemological]] questions posed by physics: [[causality (physics)|causality]], [[determinism]], and the nature of [[physical law]]. It then turns to questions raised by important topics in contemporary physics: |
| - | *[[Meditations_on_First_Philosophy#Meditation_VI:_Concerning_the_Existence_of_Material_Things.2C_and_the_Real_Distinction_between_Mind_and_Body|Concerning existence of material things, and real distinction between mind and body (Descartes)]] | + | * [[Physical cosmology]]: [[space]], [[time]], the [[origin of the universe|origin]] and [[ultimate fate of the universe|ultimate fate]] of the [[universe]]; |
| - | * [[Essence]] | + | *[[Thermodynamics]] and [[statistical mechanics]]: [[energy]], [[work (physics)|work]], [[randomness]], [[information]]; |
| - | * [[Logic]] | + | *[[Quantum mechanics]]: the rival [[interpretations of quantum mechanics|interpretations]] thereof, and its counterintuitive conclusions. |
| - | * [[Metaethics]] | + | |
| - | * [[Nihilism]] | + | Centuries ago, the study of causality, and of the fundamental nature of space, time, matter, and the universe were part of metaphysics. Today the philosophy of physics is essentially a part of the [[philosophy of science]]. |
| - | * [[Personal identity (philosophy)]] | + | == See also == |
| - | * [[Philosophical logic]] | + | {{Portal|Physics}} |
| - | * [[Philosophical theology]] | + | {{Wikipedia-Books|Physics}} |
| - | * [[Philosophy of Mathematics]] | + | {{Col-begin}} |
| - | * [[Philosophy of physics]] | + | {{Col-1-of-3}} |
| - | * [[Pluralism (philosophy of mind)]] | + | * [[Anthropic principle]] |
| - | * [[Philosophical realism]] | + | * [[Arrow of time]] |
| - | * [[Substance theory]] | + | * [[Causality (physics)]] |
| - | * [[Time travel]] | + | * [[Causal closure]] |
| + | *[[Determinism]] | ||
| + | * [[Digital philosophy]] | ||
| + | *[[Digital physics]] | ||
| + | *[[Dualism]] | ||
| + | *[[Energy]] | ||
| + | *[[Field (physics)]] | ||
| + | * [[Functional decomposition]] | ||
| + | *[[Fundamental interaction]] | ||
| + | * [[Holism]] | ||
| + | *[[Instrumentalism]] | ||
| + | * [[Laws of thermodynamics]] | ||
| + | * [[Macroscopic]] | ||
| + | *[[Matter]] | ||
| + | * [[Mesoscopic scale]] | ||
| + | * [[Modal realism]] | ||
| + | *[[Monism]] | ||
| + | *[[Pluralism (philosophy)|Pluralism]] | ||
| + | *[[Physical ontology]] | ||
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| + | *[[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]]: | ||
| + | **[[Metaphysical naturalism|Metaphysical]] | ||
| + | **[[Methodological naturalism|Methodological]] | ||
| + | *[[Operationalism]] | ||
| + | *[[Phenomenology (science)]] | ||
| + | **[[Phenomenology (particle physics)]] | ||
| + | * [[Philosophy of science|Philosophy of]]: | ||
| + | ** [[Philosophical interpretation of classical physics|Classical physics]] | ||
| + | ** [[Philosophy of space and time|Space & time]] | ||
| + | ** [[Philosophy of thermal and statistical physics|Thermodynamics & statistical mechanics]] | ||
| + | *[[Physical]] | ||
| + | **[[Physical bodies|Bodies]] | ||
| + | **[[Physical information|Information]] | ||
| + | **[[Physical law|Law]] | ||
| + | **[[Physical system|System]] | ||
| + | *[[Physicalism]] | ||
| + | *[[Physics]] | ||
| + | **[[Physics (Aristotle)|Aristotle]] | ||
| + | *[[Physics envy]] | ||
| + | {{Col-3-of-3}} | ||
| + | *[[Quantum mechanics|Quantum theory]]: | ||
| + | ** [[Bohr-Einstein debates]] | ||
| + | ** [[EPR paradox]] | ||
| + | ** [[Interpretation of quantum mechanics|Interpretations of]] | ||
| + | **[[Quantum metaphysics|Metaphysics]] | ||
| + | ** [[Quantum mysticism|Mysticism]] | ||
| + | * [[Reductionism]] | ||
| + | *[[Theory of relativity|Relativity]]: | ||
| + | **[[Introduction to general relativity|General]] | ||
| + | **[[Introduction to special relativity|Special]] | ||
| + | *[[Space]] | ||
| + | ** [[Absolute theory]] | ||
| + | **[[Container space]] | ||
| + | ** [[Free space]] | ||
| + | ** [[Relational space]] | ||
| + | ** [[Relational theory]] | ||
| + | **[[Spacetime]] | ||
| + | *[[Supervenience]] | ||
| + | *[[Symmetry in physics]] | ||
| + | *[[Theophysics]] | ||
| + | *[[Time in physics]] | ||
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In philosophy, the philosophy of physics studies the fundamental philosophical questions underlying modern physics, the study of matter and energy and how they interact. The philosophy of physics begins by reflecting on the basic metaphysical and epistemological questions posed by physics: causality, determinism, and the nature of physical law. It then turns to questions raised by important topics in contemporary physics:
- Physical cosmology: space, time, the origin and ultimate fate of the universe;
- Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: energy, work, randomness, information;
- Quantum mechanics: the rival interpretations thereof, and its counterintuitive conclusions.
Centuries ago, the study of causality, and of the fundamental nature of space, time, matter, and the universe were part of metaphysics. Today the philosophy of physics is essentially a part of the philosophy of science.
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