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AbstractMany attempts have been made to provide Quantum Field Theory with conceptually clear and mathematically rigorous foundations; remarkable examples are the Bohmian and the algebraic perspectives respectively. In this essay we introduce the dissipative approach to QFT, a new alternative formulation of the theory explaining the phenomena of particle creation and annihilation starting from nonequilibrium thermodynamics. It is shown that DQFT presents a rigorous mathematical structure, and a clear particle ontology, taking the best from the mentioned perspectives. Finally, after the discussion of its principal implications and consequences, we compare it with the main Bohmian QFTs implementing a particle ontology.

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An Era in Classical Physics: Energy, Force, and Matter . The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics.; P. M. Harman. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1982. x, 182 pp., illus. Cloth, $27.50; paper, $8.95. Cambridge History of Science.

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1983 ◽

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M. Norton Wise

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New York ◽

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Conceptual Development ◽

Classical Physics ◽

Cambridge University ◽

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An Era in Classical Physics: Energy, Force, and Matter . The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics.; P. M. Harman. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1982. x, 182 pp., illus. Cloth, $27.50; paper, $8.95. Cambridge History of Science.

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1983 ◽

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pp. 1317-1318

Author(s):

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The Formation of the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory

Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories ◽

10.1017/9781108566926.011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 125-183

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Conceptual Foundations

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1991. Darwin and Geology. Special issue of The British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 24, Part 2, No. 81, pp. 131–273. Cambridge, New York, Port Chester, Melbourne, Sydney: Cambridge University Press. Single issue £17.00, US $29.00 plus postage. ISSN 0007-0874.

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Stephen L. Adler, Quantum Theory as an Emergent Phenomenon: The Statistical Mechanics of Matrix Models as the Precursor of Quantum Field Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2004), 283 pp., $50.00 (cloth).

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Author(s):

GianCarlo Ghirardi

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Quantum Field Theory ◽

Quantum Theory ◽

Statistical Mechanics ◽

Matrix Models ◽

Quantum Field ◽

Cambridge University ◽

Emergent Phenomenon

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Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West. Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and Technology. By Joseph Needham. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1970. xix, 418 pp. Bibliography, Plates, Index. $22.50.

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Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West. Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and Technology. By Joseph Needham. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1970. xix, 418 pp. Bibliography, Plates, Index. $22.50.

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Lectures on Quantum Field Theory. P. A. M. Dirac. Belfer Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva University, New York; Academic Press, New York, 1966. 159 pp. $7.50

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