| Preface | 7 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Introduction | 11 |
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| Part I The Philosopher Scientist | 16 |
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| 2 The Concept of Nature | 17 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 17 |
| 2.2 Fromthe Organismic to theMechanistic Universe | 18 |
| 2.3 From Natures to Nature | 21 |
| 2.4 The Emergence of Nature as an Interrelated System | 30 |
| 2.5 The End of Philosophical Speculations About Nature as a System | 37 |
| 2.6 Fields, Structure Laws and the Decline of theMechanicalWorldview | 55 |
| 2.7 The Demise of the Point Particle: TheWave-Particle Duality | 64 |
| 2.8 Invariance and Reality | 70 |
| 3 Physical Understanding | 83 |
| 3.1 Understanding and Fundamental Concepts | 83 |
| 3.2 Models | 92 |
| 3.3 Einstein’s Problem, Bohr’s Challenge and the Feedback Thesis | 102 |
| Part II The Scientist Philosopher | 111 |
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| 4 The Block Universe | 112 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 112 |
| 4.2 The Special Theory of Relativity and the Idea of the Block Universe | 127 |
| 4.3 Idealist Views of Time | 154 |
| 4.4 Minkowski Space-Time | 167 |
| 5 Causation and Determinism | 199 |
| 5.1 Laplace and the ClassicalWorld | 199 |
| 5.2 New Discoveries – New Ideas | 218 |
| 5.3 Scientists Draw Philosophical Consequences | 227 |
| 6 Conclusion | 283 |
| Bibliography | 289 |
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| List of Figure Sources | 325 |
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| Name Index | 326 |
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| Subject Index | 329 |
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