Table of Contents

PART 1: Introduction
1: A Human View of the World in Quantum Field Theory
2: The Categorical Framework of Objective Knowledge
PART 2: Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics
3: The Structure of Quantum Mechanics
4: The Quantum Measurement Problem
PART 3: Relativity and Symmetries
5: Geometry and Space-time
6: Symmetries in Physics
7: The Principles of Relativity and Local Symmetry
PART 4: Quantum Field Theory
8: Quantum Fields and Elementary Particles
9: Fields, Quantum Fields, and Field Quanta
10: Interacting Field and Gauge Field Theory
PART 5: Objects of Experiences: Quantum States-Observables-Statistics
11: Properties and Quantum Properties
12: The Form of Observation and the Reality of Quantum States
13: The Gap in Understanding: Eigenvalue and Probability
14: Coordinatization of the Quantum World: Observables
15: The General Concept of Objects in Physical Theories
16: The Illusion of the Observer
17: The Mentalism Behind Yes-no Experiments
PART 6: The Event-structure and the Spatio-temporal Order: Local Fields
18: The Whole and the Individual: Field and Event
19: This-Something: Events or Local Fields
20: The Basic Spatio-temporal Structure of the Physical World
21: The Referential Structure of Field Theory
22: The States of the Field as a Whole: Field Quanta
23: Identity and Diversity: Quantum Multi-Particle Systems
PART 7: Explicit Relations and the Causal Order: Interacting Fields
24: The Constancy of Prediction and the Cement of the Universe
25: Permanence, Endurance, and the Concepts of Time
26: How Are Regular Successions of Events Possible?
27: Relational Properties: Phase and Potential
28: Causal Relations: Connection and Parallel Transport
29: Thoroughgoing Interaction: Renormalization
PART 8: Epilogue
30: The Intelligibility of the Objective World
Appendix A: Measure and Probability: Quantity, Quality, Modality
A1: Measure: The General Concept of Extensive Magnitudes
A2: Function and Distribution: Individual and Collective Qualities
A3: Individual, Statistical, and Probabilistic Statements
Appendix B: Fiber Bundles
Appendix C: The Cosmic and the Microscopic: An Application

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