Tian Yu Cao (cao-ty)

Cited in the following articles

Contributions to Philosophie.ch

Bibliography

Cao, Tian Yu. 1988. “Gauge Theory and the Geometrization of Fundamental Physics.” in Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, pp. 117–133. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cao, Tian Yu. 1995. “A Philosopher Looks at Science.” in Physics, Philosophy and the Scientific Community. Essays in the philosophy and history of the natural sciences and mathematics in honor of Robert S. Cohen, edited by Kostas Gavroglu, John J. Stachel, and Marx W. Wartofsky, pp. 171–188. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science n. 163. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Cao, Tian Yu. 1997. Conceptual Development of 20th Century Field Theories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511563997.
Cao, Tian Yu. 1998. “Monism, but Not Through Reductionism.” in Philosophies of Nature: The Human Dimension. In Celebration of Erazim Kohák, edited by Robert S. Cohen and Aflred I. Tauber, pp. 39–52. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science n. 195. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Cao, Tian Yu, ed. 1999a. Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cao, Tian Yu. 1999b. “Introduction: Conceptual issues in Quantum Field Theory.” in Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, edited by Tian Yu Cao, pp. 1–26. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cao, Tian Yu. 1999c. “Why are We Philosophers Interested in Quantum Field Theory?” in Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, edited by Tian Yu Cao, pp. 28–33. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cao, Tian Yu. 1999d. “Renormalization group: an Interesting yet Puzzling Idea.” in Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, edited by Tian Yu Cao, pp. 268–286. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cao, Tian Yu. 2001. Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Volume 10: Philosophy of Science. Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center.
Cao, Tian Yu. 2003a. “Structural Realism and the Interpretation of Quantum Field Theory.” Synthese 136(1): 3–24, doi:10.1023/a:1024139713910.
Cao, Tian Yu. 2003b. “Appendix [to Cao (2003a)]: Ontological Relativity and Fundamentality – Is QFT the Fundamental Theory?” Synthese 136(1): 25–30.
Cao, Tian Yu. 2003c. “Can we Dissolve Physical Entities into Mathematical Structures?” Synthese 136(1): 57–71.
Cao, Tian Yu. 2003d. “What is Ontological Synthesis? A Reply to Saunders (2003).” Synthese 136(1): 107–126.
Cao, Tian Yu. 2006. “Structural Realism and Quantum Gravity.” in The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity, edited by Dean P. Rickles, Steven French, and Juha Saatsi, pp. 40–52. Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269693.001.0001.
Cao, Tian Yu. 2019. Conceptual Development of 20th Century Field Theories. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. first edition: Cao (1997), doi:10.1017/9781108566926.
Cao, Tian Yu and Schweber, Sylvan S. [Sam]. 1993. “The Conceptual Foundations and the Philosophical Aspects of Renormalization Theory.” Synthese 97: 33–108.

Further References

Saunders, Simon W. 2003. “Critical Notice of Cao (1997).” Synthese 136: 79–105.