Author: Lev D. BeklemishevPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080957641
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
A Deductive Theory of Space and Time
A Deductive Theory of Space and Time
Author: Lev D. BeklemishevPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080957641
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
A Deductive Theory of Space and Time
A Deductive Theory of Space and Time
Author: Saul A. BasriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Space and time
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A Deductive Theory of Space and Time
Author: Saul A. BasriUnderstanding Space-Time
Author: Robert DiSallePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139452663
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Presenting the history of space-time physics, from Newton to Einstein, as a philosophical development DiSalle reflects our increasing understanding of the connections between ideas of space and time and our physical knowledge. He suggests that philosophy's greatest impact on physics has come about, less by the influence of philosophical hypotheses, than by the philosophical analysis of concepts of space, time and motion, and the roles they play in our assumptions about physical objects and physical measurements. This way of thinking leads to interpretations of the work of Newton and Einstein and the connections between them. It also offers ways of looking at old questions about a priori knowledge, the physical interpretation of mathematics, and the nature of conceptual change. Understanding Space-Time will interest readers in philosophy, history and philosophy of science, and physics, as well as readers interested in the relations between physics and philosophy.
Concepts of Space
Author: Max JammerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486166473
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Historical surveys consider Judeo-Christian notions of space, Newtonian absolute space, perceptions from 18th century to the present, more. Numerous quotations and references. "Admirably compact and swiftly paced style." — Philosophy of Science.
Space, Time and Geometry
Author: Patrick SuppesPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401026866
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The articles in this volume have been stimulated in two different ways. More than two years ago the editor of Synthese, laakko Hintikka, an nounced a special issue devoted to space and time, and articles were solicited. Part of the reason for that announcement was also the second source of papers. Several years ago I gave a seminar on special relativity at Stanford, and the papers by Domotor, Harrison, Hudgin, Latzer and myself partially arose out of discussion in that seminar. All of the papers except those of Griinbaum, Fine, the second paper of Friedman, and the paper of Adams appeared in a special double issue of Synthese (24 (1972), Nos. 1-2). I am pleased to have been able to add the four additional papers mentioned in making the special issue a volume in the Synthese Library. Of these four additional articles, only the one by Fine has pre viously appeared in print (Synthese 22 (1971), 448-481); its relevance to the present volume is apparent. In preparing the papers for publication and in carrying out the various editonal chores of such a task, I am very much indebted to Mrs. Lillian O'Toole for her extensive assistance. INTRODUCTION The philosophy of space and time has been of permanent importance in philosophy, and most of the major historical figures in philosophy, such as Aristotle, Descartes and Kant, have had a good deal to say about the nature of space and time.
The Study of Time IV
Author: J. T. FraserPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461259479
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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Handbook of Spatial Logics
Author: Marco AielloPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402055870
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
The aim of this handbook is to create, for the first time, a systematic account of the field of spatial logic. The book comprises a general introduction, followed by fourteen chapters by invited authors. Each chapter provides a self-contained overview of its topic, describing the principal results obtained to date, explaining the methods used to obtain them, and listing the most important open problems. Jointly, these contributions constitute a comprehensive survey of this rapidly expanding subject.
Space, Time, and Spacetime
Author: Lawrence SklarPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520031746
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
In this book, Lawrence Sklar demonstrates the interdependence of science and philosophy by examining a number of crucial problems on the nature of space and time—problems that require for their resolution the resources of philosophy and of physics. The overall issues explored are our knowledge of the geometry of the world, the existence of spacetime as an entity over and above the material objects of the world, the relation between temporal order and causal order, and the problem of the direction of time. Without neglecting the most subtle philosophical points or the most advanced contributions of contemporary physics, the author has taken pains to make his explorations intelligible to the reader with no advanced training in physics, mathematics, or philosophy. The arguments are set forth step-by-step, beginning from first principles; and the philosophical discussions are supplemented in detail by nontechnical expositions of crucial features of physical theories.
Space, Time, Matter
Author: Hermann WeylPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Relativity (Physics)
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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