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书名：	Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory
作者：	Kuhlmann, Meinard; Lyre, Holger; Wayne, Andrew; Leong, H.T.
出版时间：	2002-11-26
ISBN：	9789812381828(P-ISBN) ，9789812776440(O-ISBN)
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Contents Preface Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Ontology of QFT: Aims Methods and Work Ahead 1.2 A Laypersons Guide to QFT 1.3 Basic Mathematical Formulations of QFT 1.4 A Laypersons Guide to Ontology Semantics and Epistemology 1.5 Overview of this Book PART 1: Approaches to Ontology Chapter 2 Candidate General Ontologies for Situating Quantum eld Theory 2.1 Methodological Preamble 2.2 Substance and Attribute 2.3 Applied Set Theory 2.4 Fact Ontologies 2.5 Occurrent Ontologies 2.6 Trope Ontologies 2.7 Possible Worlds 2.8 Factored Ontologies 2.9 Tentative Conclusions Chapter 3 Quanta Tropes or Processes: Ontologies for QFT Beyond the Myth of Substance 3.1 A Methodological Preface 3.2 Identical Particles and the Myth of Substance 3.3 Non-Individual Particulars or Quanta 3.4 Fields of Trope Structures?3.5 Fields as Free Processes?3.6 Conclusion Chapter 4 Analytical Ontologists in Action: A Comment on Seibt and Simons 4.1 Ontology and Physics: Seibt Versus Simons 4.2 Processes and Ontological Parsimony 4.3 Tropes Invariant Factors and Quantum Field Theory 4.4 Conclusion Chapter 5 How Do Field Theories Refer to Entities in a Field?5.1 Introduction 5.2 Direct and Descriptive Reference 5.3 How Does Linguistic Analysis Apply to Physical Theories?5.4 Direct Reference to Local Fields 5.5 Summary PART 2: Field Ontologies for QFT Chapter 6 A Naive View of the Quantum Field 6.1 Introduction 6.2 What Tellers Quantum Field Is Not 6.3 The VEV Interpretation 6.4 Conclusion Chapter 7 Comments on Paul Tellers Book An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Teller on Quanta 7.3 Teller on Fields 7.4 Conclusion Chapter 8 So What Is the Quantum Field?8.1 Introduction 8.2 Giving a Physical Interpretation to the OVQF 8.3 The OVQF is Not an Active Agent 8.4 What Has and Has Not Been Shown PART 3: Relativity Measurement and Renormalization Chapter 9 On the Nature of Measurement Records in Relativistic Quantum Field Theory 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The Measurement Problem 9.3 Malaments Theorem 9.4 Measurement Records 9.5 Conclusion Chapter 10 No Place for Particles in Relativistic Quantum Theories?10.1 Introduction 10.2 Malaments Theorem 10.3 Hegerfeldts Theorem 10.4 Doing without No Absolute Velocity 10.5 Are there Unsharply Localizable Particles?10.6 Are there Localizable Particles in RQFT?10.7 Particle Talk without Particle Ontology 10.8 Conclusion 10.9 Appendix Chapter 11 Events and Covariance in the Interpretation of Quantum Field Theory 11.1 The Problem 11.2 What Has to Be Done 11.3 Modal Property Attribution Schemes 11.4 A Perspectival Version of the Modal Interpretation 11.5 Application to ARQFT 11.6 Histories of Modal Properties 11.7 Joint Probabilities of Events 11.8 A Possible Alternative: Perspectivalism 11.9 Conclusion Chapter 12 Measurement and Ontology: What Kind of Evidence Can We Have for Quantum Fields?12.1 QFT and the Appearances of Particle Physics 12.2 Intermezzo: A Kantian Account of Ontology 12.3 Toward an Empirical Ontology of QFT 12.4 Conclusions Chapter 13 Renormalization and the Disunity of Science 13.1 The Need for Renormalization 13.2 The Method of Renormalization 13.3 The Renormalization Group 13.4 Cartwright on Fundamentalism 13.5 Renormalization as Grounds for Disunity 13.6 Renormalized QFT as a Fundamental Theory PART 4: Gauge Symmetries and the Vacuum Chapter 14 The Interpretation of Gauge Symmetry 14.1 Introduction 14.2 The Ambiguity of Mathematical Representation 14.3 Symmetry 14.4 Surplus Structure 14.5 Constrained Hamiltonian Systems 14.6 Yang-Mills Gauge Theories 14.7 The Case of General Relativity 14.8 The BRST Symmetry 14.9 Conclusion Chapter 15 Comment on Redhead: The Interpretation of Gauge Symmetry 15.1 The Ubiquitous Ambiguity 15.2 Prepotentials 15.3 Redheads Trilemma 15.4 Conclusion Chapter 16 Is the Zero-Point Energy Real?16.1 Introduction 16.2 The Cosmological Constant Problem 16.3 The Classical Ether 16.4 The Dirac Negative Energy Sea 16.5 Zero-Point Energy 16.6 Against Zero-Point Fluctuations 16.7 Outlook Chapter 17 Two Comments on the Vacuum in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory 17.1 AQFT 17.2 Comment 1: Ontological Silence of AQFT is Not Ontological Neutrality 17.3 Comment 2: It is Not Known Whether Vacuum Correlations Can Have a Common Cause Explanation List of Contributors Index

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