Arthur Eddington

The Philosophy of Physical Science

Tarner Lectures (1938)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains lectures given by Sir Arthur Eddington in 1938 on the principles of philosophical thought associated with advances in physical science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 347g
• ISBN-13: 9781107630345
• ISBN-10: 1107630347
• Artikelnr.: 36196567

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Scientific epistemology
2. Selective subjectivism
3. Unobservables
4. The scope of epistemological method
5. Epistemology and relativity theory
6. Epistemology and quantum theory
7. Discovery or manufacture
8. The concept of analysis
9. The concept of structure
10. The concept of existence
11. The physical universe
12. The beginnings of knowledge
13. The synthesis of knowledge
Index.