Understanding Space-Time

Informationen zum Autor Robert DiSalle is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario. His publications include a contribution to The Cambridge Companion to Newton (2002). Klappentext Presenting the history of space-time physics! from Newton to Einstein! as a philosophical as well as a scientific development DiSalle shows that in the revolutionary changes that distinguish that history philosophical arguments have been as crucial as - and! in fact! inseparable from - the empirical arguments for each progressive step. Thus he offers a new appreciation of the development of physics as the source of deeper philosophical understanding of the nature of space and time and its relation to ordinary human experience. Zusammenfassung Presenting the history of space-time physics! from Newton to Einstein! as a philosophical as well as a scientific development! DiSalle shows how philosophical arguments and analyses impacted on these revolutionary changes in the history of physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Absolute motion and the emergence of classical mechanics; 3. Empiricism and apriorism from Kant to Poincaré; 4. The origins of significance of relativity theory; 5. Conclusion.

Klappentext
Presenting the history of space-time physics, from Newton to Einstein, as a philosophical as well as a scientific development DiSalle shows that in the revolutionary changes that distinguish that history philosophical arguments have been as crucial as - and, in fact, inseparable from - the empirical arguments for each progressive step. Thus he offers a new appreciation of the development of physics as the source of deeper philosophical understanding of the nature of space and time and its relation to ordinary human experience.

Inhalt
1. Introduction; 2. Absolute motion and the emergence of classical mechanics; 3. Empiricism and apriorism from Kant to Poincaré; 4. The origins of significance of relativity theory; 5. Conclusion.

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