Experimental Metaphysics is intended for theoretical physicists and
philosophers of science and is devoted to fundamental issues in the
quantum domain. The book presents a number of discussions of
experiments, theoretical puzzles and alternative interpretations, and
philosophical treatments of the metaphysical foundations of science and
the way these throw a scientific light on metaphysics. Hence the title:
`experimental metaphysics' is a term coined by Abner Shimony, to whom
the book is dedicated.
This collection of 16 scientific and philosophical essays by leading
physicists, philosophers and historians of science deals with current
research and the most basic issues in quantum physics.