Philosophy of Physics

Baez, John C. "Higher-dimensional Algebra and Planck Scale Physics." In Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale: Contemporary Theories in Quantum Gravity, edited by C. Callender, and N. Huggett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2001) 117-195.

Barrow, John D. "Patterns of Explanation in Cosmology." In The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Second Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy, edited by Francesco Bertola, Umberto Curi,. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (1993) 1-15.

Castellani, Elena. "Galilean Particles: An Example of Constitution of Objects." In Interpreting Bodies: Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics, edited by Elena Castellani. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1998) 181-194.

Chew, Geoffrey F. "Bootstrapping the Photon." In Quantum, Space and Time: The Quest Continues, edited by Asim O. Barut, Alwyn van der Merwe, J. P. Vigier. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press (1984) 470-99.
A nontechnical review of a topological bootstrap theory—an idea that recognizes that physics need not be based on an a priori space-time continuum; Newtonian-Cartesian objectivity may not be an underpinning concept but rather one approximates aspect of a "larger reality."

Cooper, Leon N. "Visible and Invisible in Physical Theory." In Quantum, Space and Time: The Quest Continues, edited by Asim O. Barut, Alwyn van der Merwe, J. P. Vigier. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press (1984) 500-504.
The author considers the question: "How is it that physicists can invent equations, so rich in structure, so detailed in consequences, and so closely in agreement with experience?"

D'Espagnat, B. "An Elementary Note about Mixtures." In Precludes in Theoretical Physics, edited by B. De-Shalit, H. Feshbach, and L. van Hove. Holland: North Holland.
Emphasis that the reduced density matrix ("improper mixture" or "apparent ensemble") describes real properties of an individual nonlocal state rather than incomplete information.

Goldstein, Sheldon, Stefan Teufel. "Quantum Spacetime Without Observers: Ontological Clarity and the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Gravity." In Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale: Contemporary Theories in Quantum Gravity, edited by C. Callender, and N. Huggett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2001) 275-289.

Grib, A. A. "In Search of Ultimate Reality: The Quantum World." In The Concept of Nature in Science and Theology, edited by Niels Henrik Gregersen, Michael W. Parsons. Geneva, Switzerland: Labor et Fides (1998) 81-86.

Grib, A. A. "Time and Eternity in Modern Relativistic Cosmology." In Origins, Time and Complexity, edited by George V. Coyne, Karl Schmitz-Moormann, Christoph Wassermann. Geneva, Switzerland: Labor et Fides (1994) 93-113.

Griffin, David Ray. "Introduction: Physics and the Ultimate Significance of Time." In Physics and the Ultimate Significance of Time, edited by David Ray Griffin. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (1986) 17-33.
Argues that, contrary to widespread opinion, neither quantum nor relativity physics supports the idea that asymmetrical, irreversible time is not ultimately real.

Hiebert, Erwin N. "Modern Physics and the Christian Faith." In God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science, edited by David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers. Berkeley: University of California Press (1986) 424-447.

McMullin, Ernan. "Enlarging the Known World." In Physics and Our View of the World, edited by Jan Hilgevoord. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1994) 79-113.

Newton-Smith, W. H. "The Structure of Time." In International Library of Philosophy, edited by Ted Honderich. London, UK: Routledge and Kegan Paul (1980).

Peruzzi, Giulio. "Microphysical Objects and Experimental Evidence." In Interpreting Bodies: Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics, edited by Elena Castellani. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1998) 297-315.

Polishchuck, R., G. Stavraki. "On a Possible Virtual Nature of Spacetime." In Origins, Time and Complexity, edited by George V Coyne et al. Geneva, Switzerland: Labor et Fides (1994) 19-25.

Polkinghorne, John. "The Laws of Nature and the Laws of Physics." In Quantum Cosmology and the Laws of Nature: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action, edited by R. J. Russell, N. Murphy and C. J. Isham. Vatican City State and Berkeley, CA: Vatican Observatory and CTNS (1993) 437-448.

Redhead, Michael L. G. "Relativity and Quantum Mechanics-conflict or Peaceful Coexistence?" In New Techniques and Ideas in Quantum Measurement Theory, edited by Daniel M. Greenberger. New York: New York Academy of Sciences (1986) 14-20.

Russell, Robert John. "A Response to David Bohm's Time, the Implicate Order and Pre-space." In Physics and the Ultimate Significance of Time: Bohm, Prigogine, and Process Philosophy, edited by David Ray Griffin. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (1986) 209-218.

Schrödinger, Erwin. "What Is an Elementary Particle?" In Interpreting Bodies: Classical and Quantum Objects in Modern Physics, edited by Elena Castellani. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1998) 197-210.

Shimony, Abner. "Search for a Worldview Which Can Accommodate Our Knowledge of Microphysics." In Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory, edited by J. Cushing and E. McMullin. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press (1989).

Shimony, Abner. "Philosophical and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics." In Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics, edited by Daniel Greenberger, Wolfgang Reiter, Anton Zeilinger. Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999).

Smart, John . J. C. "Causation and Laws of Nature: Laws and Cosmology." In Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 14, edited by Howard Sankey. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic (1999) 161-169.

Wheeler, John Archibald. "Genesis and Observership." In Foundational Problems in the Special Sciences, edited by R. Butts, K. Hintikka. Dordrecht: Reidel (1977).
Influential discussion of the problems of the role of observers in the quantum conception of reality.

Wheeler, John Archibald. "Superspace and the Nature of Quantum Geometrodynamics." In Batelle Rencoutres: 1967 Lectures in Mathematics and Physics, edited by C. M. DeWitt, J. A. Wheeler. New York: Benjamin (1968) 242-307.
Pregeometry as an ultimate underlying structure of physical space and time.

Witten, Edward. "Reflections on the Fate of Spacetime." In Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale: Contemporary Theories in Quantum Gravity, edited by C. Callender and N. Huggett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2001) 125-137.