Subject Index
Airy's Law2
amplifiers103 , 104 , 107-13
approximations3 , 13 ff. , 104 ff. , 107-19 , 110 , 112 , 113 , 117 , 113-127 , 133 , 134
ab vero14
ad verum14 , 15
'as if' operator129 , 130 , 131 , 133
Avogadro's hypothesis84 ff.
Boltzmann's equation6 , 9 , 11 , 154
bridge laws (bridge principles)12 , 15 , 131 ff. , 135-9 , 143 , 144-51 , 155 , 156
causal behaviour (lasers)147 , 150
causal explanation4 , 5 , 8 , 10 ff. , 15 , 27 , 29 , 36 , 75-8 , 89 , 93
causal account6 , 82 , 97 , 98 , 162
causal role8 , 182 , 191
causal story5 , 9 , 11 , 12 , 76 , 77 , 79 , 81 , 82 , 86 , 161 , 162
causal models23
causal powers59
causal principles (causal laws)10 , 21-44 , 72
causal process4 , 16 , 19 , 61 , 84 , 85 , 128 , 152 , 160 , 162 , 202
ceteris paribus laws (ceteris paribus principles)3 , 45 , 46-7 , 57 , 58 , 64 , 155
characterization problem169 ff. , 199
classical electron oscillator129 , 130 , 148 , 186
cloud chamber92 , 93 , 99 , 182
coincidence, argument from75 , 82-5
composition (combination) of causes3 , 11-15 , 51 , 56-9 , 62 , 66 , 69-72 , 73 see also interactions, causal and cross-effects
Coulomb force (Coulomb law)57 , 59 ff. , 66 , 68 ff. , 138 , 159 , 212
counterfactuals34 , 35 , 38-40 , 69
covering law model of explanation11 , 15 ff. , 44 , 45 , 48 ff. , 52 , 69 , 155 , 162
cross-effects64 , 65 , 112 see also composition of causes and interactions, causal
damping77 , 78-82 , 113 , 149
decay, exponential27 , 93 , 113-18 , 122 , 164 , 169 , 170 , 179 , 189 , 190 , 192 ff. , 196 , 197 , 199
decision theory33-40
deductive-nomological model of explanation17 , 44 , 94 ff. , 101 ff. , 110 , 112 , 127 , 151 , 161 , 162
degrees of freedom150 , 196 ff. , 204
determinism (indeterminism)21 , 52 , 164 , 167 , 179 , 191 , 192 , 200 ff.
diffraction3 , 172 , 175
dipole radiation186 ff.
effectiveness33 ff. , 42 , 43
eigenvalue-eigenvector link168
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox18
experiments6 , 7 , 20 , 82 ff. , 98 , 160 , 161
experimental test of exponential law118
explanatory power10 , 20 , 34 , 56-9 , 72 , 139 , 144 , 152
exponential decay, see decay, exponential
facticity54 , 58 , 61 , 62 , 65 , 71 ff. , 152
Fick's law63 , 64
Fokker-Planck equation130
forces, component and resultant59 , 60 , 66 , 69 , 70
fortuitous characteristic201
genetic-specific account94 , 103 , 104 , 106 , 107 , 110 , 126
gravitational force (gravitational law)56 , 57 , 59 ff. , 66 , 69 ff. , 74
Hamiltonian, model135 , 136 , 139 , 144 , 159
hidden variables168 , 212 , 214 , 215
homogeneity, causal25 , 26 , 28 , 40 , 41
Hume world40-2
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idealization48 , 109 ff. , 134 , 136 , 147 , 148 , 153 , 155 , 158
inductive-statistical model of explanation26 , 30 , 44 , 47
inference to best explanation4 , 6 , 15 , 75 , 82 , 83 , 85 , 87-9
inference to most likely cause6 , 85 , 92 , 94
infinite potentials150 , 153
interactions, causal30-2 , 63 see also composition of causes and cross-effects
internal principles131 , 132 , 135 , 139
joint effects43 see also spurious cause
joint probability distribution156 , 177 , 178 , 181
Lamb shift116 , 117 , 137 , 138 in the excited state119-23 in the ground state119 , 123-7
lasers3 , 79 , 80 , 98 , 128 ff. , 145 , 146 , 148 , 149 , 152 , 153 , 157 ff. , 161 , 186 , 189 , 198 , 204
laws of association10 , 21 , 25 , 26 , 28 , 35 , 40 ff. , 46
line broadening77 ff.
macroscopic observable (macroscopic system)167 , 168 , 170 ff. , 195 , 196
Markov approximation113 ff. , 123 , 124 , 133 , 146 , 189 , 197
master equation79 , 81 , 113 , 114 , 123 , 125 , 145 , 197
measurement problem18 , 162-5
mechanical philosophy100 , 107
Mill's methods7 , 98
mixtures168 , 170 , 171 , 194 , 204 , 206 , 212 , 215
models, explanatory4 , 11 , 12 , 15 , 17 , 44 , 83 ff. , 95 , 104 , 107 , 111 , 129 , 140 , 143 , 144 , 148 , 152 , 154 , 156 ff. , 197 , 198 , 202
Newton's laws63
observable (unobservable)1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 19 , 56 , 83 , 100 , 106 , 159 , 160
Ohm's law63
old quantum theory (new quantum theory)137 , 192 ff.
open systems198 , 205
optical theorem206 ff.
order of integration120 ff.
partial conditional probability42
partitioning36 ff. , 41 , 43
Pauli equation114 , 115 , 124
phenomenological laws1 ff. , 8 , 11 , 16 , 19 , 85 , 88 ff. , 93 ff. , 100 ff. , 106 , 160 , 161
phenomenological models (phenomenological terms)148 , 151
photographic plate182 ff.
positions of quantum systems163 , 166 , 167 , 171 , 178 , 182 , 183 , 186 , 188 ff.
position probabilities164 , 174 , 179 , 180 , 188 , 190 , 191
preparation process (problem of preparation)174 , 194 , 205 , 215 , 216
prepared descriptions (unprepared descriptions)15 , 17 , 133 , 139 , 147 , 160 , 162
probability distributions, classical153 ff.
probabilistic model of causation44 , 47
projection postulate162 , 167 , 170 , 198
property of convenience153 , 156
quantum electrodynamics (quantum field theory)7 , 8
quantum logic164 , 177 , 181
quantum statistical mechanics164 , 199 ff. , 204 , 205
Rabi-flopping196 , 199
radioactivity25 , 27 , 28 , 78 , 93 , 118 , 192 , 193 see also decay, exponential
radiometer5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 81 , 82 , 154 ff.
rate equations189 , 190
realistic in the first sense (in the second sense)150 , 152
reduction of the wave packet163 , 164 , 167 , 170 , 174 , 194 ff. , 206-16 , appendix
redundancy76 , 79 , 90
reference class problem28 , 29
reservoir113 ff. , 129 , 133 , 146 , 148 ff. , 189 , 197 , 202
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rotating wave approximation119 , 123 ff.
scattering164 , 179 , 180 , 182 , 189 , 194 , 204 , 206 ff.
Schroedinger evolution164 , 196 , 200 , 205 , 212
semantical view of theories159 ff.
Simpson's paradox10 , 24 , 36 ff.
simulacrum account of explanation4 , 17 , 48 , 151-62 , 190
SLAC172 , 173
Snell's law46 ff.
spurious cause31 , 33 , 34 see also joint effects
statistical relevance30 , 40 , 44 , 47
strategies10 , 21 , 22 , 33 ff. , 36-8 , 43
super laws12 , 70 , 71
test situation26 ff. , 30 , 35
theoretical entities6 , 7 , 56 , 31-4 , 97 , 99
theory-observation distinction132 , 133
transition process (transition probability)164 , 174-95 , 206
true probability38-40
two-slit experiment175 , 186 , 195 , 209
unitarity18 , 199 ff. , 205 ff. , appendix
unity of science (unity of nature)12 , 13 , 95 , 96
Van der Pol's equation148 , 153 , 157
vector addition59 , 60 , 62 , 63 , 69
Weisskopf-Wigner treatment99 , 113 , 115 , 117 , 119 , 122 , 123 , 196
zero-time correlations150 , 153 , 196