How Long to Read Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality

How Long Does it Take to Read Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality by Mathias Frisch

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Description

Mathias Frisch provides the first sustained philosophical discussion of conceptual problems in classical particle-field theories. Part of the book focuses on the problem of a satisfactory equation of motion for charged particles interacting with electromagnetic fields. As Frisch shows, the standard equation of motion results in a mathematically inconsistent theory, yet there is no fully consistent and conceptually unproblematic alternative theory. Frisch describes in detail how the search for a fundamental equation of motion is partly driven by pragmatic considerations (like simplicity and mathematical tractability) that can override the aim for full consistency. The book also offers a comprehensive review and criticism of both the physical and philosophical literature on the temporal asymmetry exhibited by electromagnetic radiation fields, including Einstein's discussion of the asymmetry and Wheeler and Feynman's influential absorber theory of radiation. Frisch argues that attempts to derive the asymmetry from thermodynamic or cosmological considerations fail and proposes that we should understand the asymmetry as due to a fundamental causal constraint. The book's overarching philosophical thesis is that standard philosophical accounts that strictly identify scientific theories with a mathematical formalism and a mapping function specifying the theory's ontology are inadequate, since they permit neither inconsistent yet genuinely successful theories nor thick causal notions to be part of fundamental physics.

How long is Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality?

Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality by Mathias Frisch is 222 pages long, and a total of 55,944 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 5 minutes to read Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality aloud.

What Reading Level is Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality?

Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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