Auyang S.Y. How Is Quantum Field Theory Possible?

Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, USA, 1995. – 288 p. – ISBN: 0195093453Quantum field theory (QFT) combines quantum mechanics with Einstein's special theory of relativity and underlies elementary particle physics. This book presents a philosophical analysis of QFT.T.A Human View of the World in Quantum Field Theory
The Categorical Framework of Objective Knowledge
Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics
The Structure of Quantum Mechanics
The Quantum Measurement Problem
Relativity and symmetries
Geometry and Space—Time
Symmetries in Physics
The Principles of Relativity and Local Symmetry
Quantum field theory
Quantum Fields and Elementary Particles
Fields, Quantum Fields, and Field Quanta
Interacting Fields and Gauge Field Theory
Object of experiences: quantum state—observables—statistics
Properties and Quantum Properties: Amplitudes
The Form of Observation and the Reality of Quantum States
The Gap in Understanding: Eigenvalue and Probability
Coordinatization of the Quantum World: Observables
The General-Concept of Objects in Physical Theories
The Illusion of the Observer
The Mentalism of yes-no Experiments
The event structure and the spatio-temporal structure: localfields fields
The Whole and the Individual: Field and Event
This-Something: Events or Local Fields
The Basic Spatio-Temporal Structure of the Physical World
The Referential Structure of Field Theory
The States of the Field as a Whole: Field Quanta
Identity and Diversity: Quantum Multi-Particle Systems
Explicit relations and the causal order: interacting fields
Relation and Constant Predication
Permanence, Endurance, and the Concepts of Time
How Are Regular Successions of Events Possible?
Relational Properties: Phase and Potential
Causal Relations: Connection and Parallel Transport
Thoroughgoing Interaction: Renormalization
Epilogue
The Intelligibility of the Objective World
Appendix A. Measure and probability: quantity, quality, modality
Appendix B. Fiber bundles and interaction dynamics
Appendix C. The cosmic and the microscopic: an application