Bøker av Steven French

This volume addresses questions regarding scientific creativity and imagination, the status of scientific performances-such as thought experiments and visual aids-and the role of aesthetic considerations in the context of discovery and justification of scientific theories.

Part of the "Key Concepts in Philosophy" series, this book considers such fundamentals as discovery, evidence, verification and falsification, realism and objectivity. It also draws on specific examples from the history of science to further illuminate the philosophical questions addressed.

Drawing on philosophical accounts of identity and individuality, as well as the histories of both classical and quantum physics, this book explores the two alternative metaphysical packages. It indicates how we can make sense of the idea that objects can be non-individuals, suggesting how the results might be extended to quantum field theory.