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Critical Review: Paul Teller's Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Nick Huggett  and
Robert Weingard
Nick Huggett*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy Brown University
Robert Weingard
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy Rutgers University
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†Send reprint requests to Robert Weingard, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
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Extract

Paul Teller's (1995) new book, “An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory”, is a pioneering work. To the best of our knowledge it is the first book by a philosopher devoted not only to explaining what quantum field theory (QFT) is, but to clarifying the conceptual issues and puzzles to which the theory gives rise (though Auyung 1995 treats some different issues in QFT). As such it is an important book, which we hope will greatly stimulate work in the area as other philosophers and physicists react to it.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 302 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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