Table of Contents for Castellani, E., ed.: Interpreting Bodies: Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics.

Interpreting Bodies:
Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics
Edited by Elena Castellani

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction 3
Pt. 1 Objects and Individuality
1 A World of Individual Objects? 21
2 Many, but Almost One 30
3 Part and Whole in Quantum Mechanics 46
4 The Genidentity of Quantum Particles 61
5 The Problem of Indistinguishable Particles 73
6 On the Withering Away of Physical Objects 93
7 Quantum Mechanics and Haecceities 114
8 Quasiset Theories for Microobjects: A Comparison 142
Pt. 2 Objects and Invariance
9 Physical Reality 155
10 The Constitution of Objects in Kant's Philosophy and in Modern Physics 168
11 Galilean Particles: An Example of Constitution of Objects 181
Pt. 3 Objects and Measurement
12 What Is an Elementary Particle? 197
13 The Nature of Elementary Particles 211
14 The Entity and Modern Physics: The Creation-Discovery View of Reality 223
15 Dynamical Reduction Theories as a Natural Basis for a Realistic Worldview 258
16 Microphysical Objects and Experimental Evidence 297
Bibliography 317