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Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories
Häftad, 1990
1639 kr
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Einstein often expressed the sentiment that "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility," and that science is the means through which we comprehend it. However, nearly every one - including scientists - agrees that the concepts of modem physics are quite incomprehensible: They are …
Niels Bohr: His Heritage and Legacy
An Anti-Realist View of Quantum Mechanics
Av Jan Faye
Inbunden, 1991
1095 kr
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The bulk of the present book has not been published previously though Chapters II and IV are based in part on two earlier papers of mine: "The Influence of Harald H!1lffding's Philosophy on Niels Bohr's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics", which appeared in Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, 1979, and …
Experiment and the Making of Meaning
Human Agency in Scientific Observation and Experiment
Av D.C. Gooding
Häftad, 1994
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. . . the topic of 'meaning' is the one topic discussed in philosophy in which there is literally nothing but 'theory' - literally nothing that can be labelled or even ridiculed as the 'common sense view'. Putnam, 'The Meaning of Meaning' This book explores some truths behind the truism that …
Leibniz: Representation, Continuity and the Spatiotemporal
Inbunden, 1998
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Anapolitanos critically examines and evaluates three basic characteristics of the Leibnizian metaphysical system: Leibniz's version of representation; the principle of continuity; and space, time, and the phenomenally spatio-temporal. Chapter I discusses representation, especially as it refers to …
Instrumental Traditions and Theories of Light
The Uses of Instruments in the Optical Revolution
Av Xiang Chen
Inbunden, 2000
1095 kr
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An analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 19th century Britain. Far from merely involving the replacement of one optical theory by another, the revolution also involved substantial changes in instruments and the practices that surrounded them. People's judgements about …
Schopenhauer’s Broken World-View
Colours and Ethics between Kant and Goethe
Inbunden, 2000
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Schopenhauer's philosophy, at first sight so beautifully rounded, upon analysis reveals itself as the secret arena of two conflicting world-views. The present analysis considers the conflict by confronting Schopenhauer as a `disciple-of-sorts of Kant' with Schopenhauer as `Goethe's one-time …
Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories
Inbunden, 1984
1639 kr
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Einstein often expressed the sentiment that "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility," and that science is the means through which we comprehend it. However, nearly every one - including scientists - agrees that the concepts of modem physics are quite incomprehensible: They are …
Integrating Scientific Disciplines
Case Studies from the Life Sciences
Häftad, 1986
1095 kr
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Interdisciplinary research has been a popular idea with many people in the last 20 years. Academic administrators have admonished their faculty to become more interdisciplinary. Students often request the chance to pursue an interdisciplinary degree. While the issue of managing interdisciplinary …
Process of Science
Contemporary Philosophical Approaches to Understanding Scientific Practice
Inbunden, 1987
1095 kr
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For some time now the philosophy of science has been undergoing a major transfor mation. It began when the 'received view' of scientific knowledge -that developed by logical positivists and their intellectual descendants - was challenged as bearing little resemblance to and having little relevance …
Methodological Aspects of the Development of Low Temperature Physics 1881–1956
Concepts Out of Context(s)
Av K. Gavroglu, Yorgos Goudaroulis
Inbunden, 1988
1095 kr
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This book is primarily about the methodological questions involved in attempts to understand two of the most peculiar phenomena in physics, both occurring at the lowest of temperatures. Superconductivity (the disappearance of electrical resistance) and superfluidity (the total absence of viscosity …
Leibniz: Representation, Continuity and the Spatiotemporal
Häftad, 2010
1095 kr
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Anapolitanos critically examines and evaluates three basic characteristics of the Leibnizian metaphysical system: Leibniz's version of representation; the principle of continuity; and space, time, and the phenomenally spatio-temporal. Chapter I discusses representation, especially as it refers to …
Schopenhauer’s Broken World-View
Colours and Ethics between Kant and Goethe
Häftad, 2010
1639 kr
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Schopenhauer's philosophy, at first sight so beautifully rounded, upon analysis reveals itself as the secret arena of two conflicting world-views. The present analysis considers the conflict by confronting Schopenhauer as a `disciple-of-sorts of Kant' with Schopenhauer as `Goethe's one-time …
Niels Bohr: His Heritage and Legacy
An Anti-Realist View of Quantum Mechanics
Av Jan Faye
Häftad, 2012
1095 kr
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The bulk of the present book has not been published previously though Chapters II and IV are based in part on two earlier papers of mine: "The Influence of Harald H!1lffding's Philosophy on Niels Bohr's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics", which appeared in Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, 1979, and …
Instrumental Traditions and Theories of Light
The Uses of Instruments in the Optical Revolution
Av Xiang Chen
Häftad, 2012
1095 kr
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An analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 19th century Britain. Far from merely involving the replacement of one optical theory by another, the revolution also involved substantial changes in instruments and the practices that surrounded them. People's judgements about …
Methodological Aspects of the Development of Low Temperature Physics 1881–1956
Concepts Out of Context(s)
Av K. Gavroglu, Yorgos Goudaroulis
Häftad, 2011
1095 kr
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This book is primarily about the methodological questions involved in attempts to understand two of the most peculiar phenomena in physics, both occurring at the lowest of temperatures. Superconductivity (the disappearance of electrical resistance) and superfluidity (the total absence of viscosity …
Process of Science
Contemporary Philosophical Approaches to Understanding Scientific Practice
Häftad, 2011
1095 kr
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For some time now the philosophy of science has been undergoing a major transfor mation. It began when the 'received view' of scientific knowledge -that developed by logical positivists and their intellectual descendants - was challenged as bearing little resemblance to and having little relevance …
