Philosophy of Physics

Modelling & Unification in Astroparticle physics

From Ultrarays to Astroparticles. A Historical Introduction to Astroparticle Physics (ed. with W.Rhode). Dordrecht: Springer 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5422-5

Teilchen und Wellen als kosmische Boten: Eine philosophische Analyse. In: Oliver Passon et al., Kohärenz im Unterricht der Elementarteilchenphysik. Berlin: Springer Spektrum 2020, 37-54.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61607-9_3
On the Contributions of Astroparticle Physics to Cosmology. In: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 46 (2014,) 97–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.10.004
Pragmatic Unification, Observation and Realism in Astroparticle Physics. In: Journal for General Philosophy of Science 43 (2012), 327-345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-012-9193-1
From Waves to Particles and Quantum Probabilities. In: B. Falkenburg & W. Rhode (eds.), From Ultrarays to Astroparticles. Springer: Dordrecht 2012, 265-295. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5422-5_10
Astroteilchenphysik: Die Brücke zwischen Mikro- und Makrokosmos (mit W.Rhode). In: B. Falkenburg (ed.), Natur – Kultur – Technik. Paderborn: Mentis 2007, 57-90. https://doi.org/10.30965/9783969750650_004

Particles in Quantum Physics

Particle Metaphysics. A Critical Account of Subatomic Reality. Heidelberg: Springer 2007.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33732-4

What is unsharp quantum reality? A conceptual analysis. In: Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics – in memoriam Paul Busch. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. Vol. 1638 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1638/1/012011
How Do Quasi-Particles Exist? In: B. Falkenburg & M. Morrison (eds.), Why More is Different. Heidelberg: Springer 2015, 227-250. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43911-1_12
Was sind subatomare Teilchen? In: M. Esfeld (ed.), Philosophie der Physik, Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp 2012, 158-184.
Wave-Particle Duality in Quantum Optics. In: M.Suárez, M.Dorato, M.Rédei (eds.), EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences. Springer: Dordrecht 2010, 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3252-2_4
Articles “Correspondence Principle”, “Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations (Indeterminacy Relations)” (with P. Busch), “Indeterminism and Determinism in Quantum Mechanics” (with F. Weinert), “Nuclear Models”, “Particle Tracks”, “Probabilistic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics” (with P. Mittelstaedt), “Scattering Experiments”. In: D. Greenberger, K. Hentschel and F. Weinert (eds.), Compendium of Quantum Physics. Concepts, Experiments, History and Philosophy. Dordrecht: Springer 2009. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7
Measurement and ontology: What kind of evidence can we have for quantum fields? In: Ontological Aspects of Quantum Field Theory, eds. H. Lyre, M. Kuhlmann and A. Wayne, Singapore: World Scientific 2002, 235-254. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812776440_0012
How to Observe Quarks. In: E. Agazzi and M. Pauri (eds.), The Reality of the Unobservable. Dordrecht: Kluwer 2000, 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9391-5_25
Bedeutungen eines fundamentalen physikalischen Konzepts. In: Physikalische Blätter 49 (1993), 403-408.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/phbl.19930490509?msockid=10fadede5c416af53e52c8b95d3f6b60

Mechanistic Explanation, Reduction & Emergence

Edited Vol.: Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond (ed. with G. Schiemann). Cham: Springer Nature 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10707-9

Edited Vol.: Why More is Different. Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems (ed. with M. Morrison). Heidelberg: Springer 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43911-1

Mechanistic Explanations in Physics: History, Scope, and Limits. In: J. L. Cordovil, D. Santos, & G. Vecchi (eds.), New Mechanism: Explanation, Emergence and Reduction. Cham: Springer Nature 2024, 191-211.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46917-6_10
Mechanistic Explanations Generalized: How Far Can We Go? In: B. Falkenburg & G. Schiemann (eds.), Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond. Cham: Springer Nature 2019, 65-90.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10707-9_5
Too Many Conceptions of Time? McTaggart’s Views Revisited (mit G. Schiemann). In: S. Gerogiorgakis (ed.), Time and Tense. Unifying the Old and the New. In: Philosophia: München 2016, 353-383.
https://www.academia.edu/144281336/Too_Many_Conceptions_of_Time_McTaggarts_Views_Revisited
How Classical and Quantum States Relate: Cartwright’s Views of Quantum Theory. In: S. Hartmann, C. Hoefer & L. Bovens (eds.), Nancy Cartwright’s Philosophy of Science. New York and London: Routledge 2008, 339-364.

Phenomena, Data & Simulations

Computer simulation in data analysis: A case study from particle physics. In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 105 (2024), 99–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.03.005
Models, Unification, and Simulations: Margaret C. Morrison 1954–2021 (with S. Hartmann). In: Journal for General Philosophy of Science 52 (2021), 25-33.
What are the Phenomena of Physics? In: Synthese 182 (2011), 149-163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-009-9617-6
Incommensurability and Measurement. In: Theoria 12, N. 30 (1997), 467-91. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23917954
and https://www.academia.edu/68727874/Inconmmensurability_and_Measurement
Falkenburg, Brigitte. “Subatomare Teilchen: Hergestellt oder entdeckt?: Die experimentelle Methode und ihre Erfolge in der Physik”. In: G. Gamm & J. Kertscher (eds.), Philosophie in Experimenten: Versuche explorativen Denkens.
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2011, 115-136. https://doi.org/10.1515/transcript.9783839416815.115

Margaret C.Morrison (1954-2021)

The Heisenberg School

The Philosopher of the Physicists. The Legacy of Erhard Scheibe. In: General Journal for Philosophy of Science 42 (2011), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-011-9158-9
Language and Reality. Peter Mittelstaedt’s Contributions to the Philosophy of Physics. In: Foundations of Physics 40 (2010), 1171–1188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9449-8
Functions of Intuition in Quantum Physics. In: Intuition and the Axiomatic Method, ed. by E. Carson and R. Huber, Dordrecht: Springer 2006, 267-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4040-7_13

Erhard Scheibe: The Reduction of Physical Theories. A Contribution to the Unity of Physics.
Part 1: Foundations and Elementary Theory (transl. and ed. by B. Falkenburg & G. Jaeger). Berlin:
Springer 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65000-4

Erhard Scheibe: The Reduction of Physical Theories. A Contribution to the Unity of Physics.
Part 2: Incommensurability and Limiting-Case Reduction. (transl. and ed. by B. Falkenburg & G. Jaeger). Berlin: Springer 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-70298-7

Erhard Scheibe: Between Rationalism and Empiricism. Selected Papers in the Philosophy of Physics (ed. by B. Falkenburg). New York: Springer 2001. https://doi.org /10.1007/978-1-4613-0183-7

Erhard Scheibe (1927-2010)

Peter Mittelstaedt (1927-2014)