9. Physical Reality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 3
6. PART ONE: OBJECTS AND INDIVIDUALITY
7. 1. A World of Individual Objects? 21
8. 2. Many, but Almost One 30
9. 3. Part and Whole in Quantum Mechanics 46
10. 4. The Genidentity of Quantum Particles 61
11. 5. The Problem of Indistinguishable Particles 73
12. 6. On the Withering Away of Physical Objects 93
13. 7. Quantum Mechanics and Haecceities 114
14. 8. Quasiset Theories for Microobjects: A Comparison 142
15. PART TWO: OBJECTS AND INVARIANCE
16. 9. Physical Reality 155
17. 10. The Constitution of Objects in Kant’s Philosophy and in Modern Physics 168
18. 11. Galilean Particles: An Example of Constitution of Objects 181
19. PART THREE: OBJECTS AND MEASUREMENT
20. 12. What Is an Elementary Particle? 197
21. 13. The Nature of Elementary Particles 211
22. 14. The Entity and Modern Physics: The Creation-Discovery View of Reality 223
23. 15. Dynamical Reduction Theories as a Natural Basis for a Realistic Worldview 258
24. 16. Microphysical Objects and Experimental Evidence 297
25. Bibliography 317