The philosophical underpinning of the absorber theory of radiation

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics Pub Date : 2020-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.shpsb.2020.07.002

Marco Forgione

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The paper considers the absorber theory of radiation by (Wheeler and Feynman 1945) and (Wheeler and Feynman 1949) and advances the idea that the theory is grounded on the philosophical intuition of overall processes. Such intuition consists of having to consider advanced and retarded radiation as well as the interaction between absorbers and emitter. I discuss the discrepancy between microdynamic time-symmetry and the asymmetry of the experimental evidences. In doing so, I consider (Price, 1991)'s reformulation of the theory and argue that it overlooks the philosophical intuition. I then compare the overall process idea with some accounts of holism and ultimately suggest that it also played an important role in Feynman's later works.

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吸收辐射理论的哲学基础

本文考虑了惠勒和费曼(Wheeler and Feynman, 1945)和惠勒和费曼(Wheeler and Feynman, 1949)提出的辐射吸收体理论，并提出该理论是建立在对整体过程的哲学直觉之上的观点。这种直觉包括必须考虑超前和迟滞辐射以及吸收体和发射体之间的相互作用。讨论了微动力时间对称性与实验证据的不对称性之间的差异。在此过程中，我考虑了(Price, 1991)对理论的重新表述，并认为它忽略了哲学直觉。然后，我将整体过程的观点与整体论的一些说法进行了比较，并最终提出它在费曼后来的作品中也发挥了重要作用。

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 物理-科学史与科学哲学

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期刊介绍： Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics is devoted to all aspects of the history and philosophy of modern physics broadly understood, including physical aspects of astronomy, chemistry and other non-biological sciences. The primary focus is on physics from the mid/late-nineteenth century to the present, the period of emergence of the kind of theoretical physics that has come to dominate the exact sciences in the twentieth century. The journal is internationally oriented with contributions from a wide range of perspectives. In addition to purely historical or philosophical papers, the editors particularly encourage papers that combine these two disciplines. The editors are also keen to publish papers of interest to physicists, as well as specialists in history and philosophy of physics.