Palacios, Patricia (2017) Phase Transitions: A Challenge for Reductionism? [Preprint]
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Abstract
In this paper, I analyze the extent to which classical phase transitions,
especially continuous phase transitions, impose a challenge for reduction-
ism. My main contention is that classical phase transitions are compatible
with reduction, at least with the notion of limiting reduction, which re-
lates the behavior of physical quantities in different theories under certain
limiting conditions. I argue that this conclusion follows even after rec-
ognizing the existence of two infinite limits involved in the treatment of
continuous phase transitions.
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Keywords: | Phase Transitions; Reduction; Infinite Idealizations; Renormalization Group Methods | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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Depositing User: | Ms. Patricia Palacios | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2017 20:44 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2017 20:44 | ||||||
Item ID: | 13519 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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Date: | 6 October 2017 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13519 |
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