| 5 | PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION |
| 6 | PREFACE TO THE RUSSIAN EDITION |
| I | |
| 9 | DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM IN MODERN PHYSICS |
| II | |
| THE PROBLEM OF OBJECTIVE REALITY IN QUANTUM THEORY | |
| 27 | 1 • The Methodological Significance of the Idea of Objective Reality in Physics |
| 39 | 2 • Observation, Complementarity, and Dialectics |
| 49 | 3 • The Philosophical Evolution of the Copenhagen School |
| 63 | 4 • Physical Reality |
| III | |
| 78 | CAN WE FORM MENTAL PICTURES OF THE CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF MODERN PHYSICS? |
| IV | |
| THE PRINCIPLE OF OBSERVABILITY IN MODERN PHYSICS | |
| 95 | 1 • Formulation of the Question. The Significance or Meaning of ‘Observability’ |
| 100 | 2 • What Is an Observable (or a Non-observable)? |
| 107 | 3 • The Heuristic Role of the Observability Principle |
| V | |
| DIALECTICAL CONTRADICTORINESS IN MODERN PHYSICS | |
| 119 | 1 • Introductory Remarks |
| 123 | 2 • The Theory of Relativity and Dialectical Contradiction |
| 130 | 3 • Dialectical Contradiction and Quantum Theory |
| VI | |
| DETERMINISM IN QUANTUM THEORY | |
| 142 | 1 • The Objective Reality and Determinacy of Phenomena |
| 148 | 2 • On the Relationship Between Determinism and the Principle of Causality in Physics |
| 157 | 3 • Statistical Laws and Determinism |
| 163 | 4 • Statistical Laws, Determinism, and the Uncertainty Principle |
| 171 | 5 • The Concepts of Actuality and Possibility in Classical Physics |
| 179 | 6 • The Concepts of Reality and Possibility in Quantum Physics |
| 189 | 7 • A Contribution to the Problem of Causality in Non-Local Quantum Field Theory |
| VII | |
| THE PROBLEM OF THE ELEMENTARY AND THE COMPLEX IN QUANTUM PHYSICS | |
| 197 | 1 • On the Concepts of the Simple and the Complex in Philosophy and Physics |
| 204 | 2 • Classical Science on the Elementary and the Complex |
| 209 | 3 • The Problem of Simplicity in Microscopic Physics |
| 215 | 4 • The Concept of the Elementary and Structure in the Physics of Elementary Particles |
| 222 | 5 • The Elementary Particle of Matter and the Universe |
| VIII | |
| QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE TRANSFORMABILITY OF FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES. THE ABSOLUTE AND THE RELATIVE | |
| 231 | 1 • The Transformability of Elementary Particles |
| 248 | 2 • On the Absolute and the Relative in Modern Physics |
| IX | |
| PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF MENSURATION | |
| 256 | 1 • Preliminary Remarks |
| 259 | 2 • The Concept of Measurement. Direct Measurement |
| 265 | 3 • Standards and Units |
| 270 | 4 • Sensory Perception and Abstract Thought in Mensuration |
| 276 | 5 • Laws of Nature and Measurement. Indirect Measurement |
| 289 | 6 • The Concept of Measurement in Quantum Mechanics |
| 303 | 7 • On the Interaction of the Atomic Objects and Measuring Instruments |
| X | |
| AXIOMATICS AND THE SEARCH FOR PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS | |
| 320 | 1 • The Axiomatic Approach to Physical Research |
| 335 | 2 • Certain Aspects and Functions of the Axiomatic Method |
| 347 | 3 • On the Axiomatics of Contemporary Physical Theories |
| 370 | IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION |
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