The Relativistic Deduction [electronic resource] : Epistemological Implications of the Theory of Relativity With a Review by Albert Einstein and an Introduction by Mili? ?apek / by Émile Meyerson.

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ISBN
9789400952119
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/7364
Yazar
Meyerson, Émile.
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 1985.
Yayın Bilgisi
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Fiziksel Niteleme
290 p. online resource.
Dizi
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 2214-7942 ; 83
İçindekiler Notu
The Relativistic Deduction -- Preface -- 1. The Quantitative -- 2. Reality -- 3. The Spatial -- 4. The Principle of Inertia -- 5. Relativism, a Theory About Reality -- 6. Gravitation -- 7. Time -- 8. Electrical Phenomena -- 9. Biological Phenomena -- 10. Universal Explanation -- 11. Matter -- 12. Essence and Existence -- 13. Diversity -- 14. Interpretation -- 15. The Relativistic Imagination -- 16. The Appeal of Relativism -- 17. The Deducible and the Real -- 18. The System -- 19. Relativism and Mechanism -- 20. Rational Explanation and the Progress Of Mathematics -- 21. Progress in Making Things Rational -- 22. The Aprioristic Tendency and Experience -- 23. The Evolution of Reason -- 24. Dogmatism and Skepticism in Science -- 25. The Outlook for the Future -- Appendix 1. Review by Albert Einstein -- Appendix 2. Einstein—Meyerson Exchange -- Name Index.
Özet, vb.
When the author of Identity and Reality accepted Langevin's suggestion that Meyerson "identify the thought processes" of Einstein's relativity theory, he turned from his assured perspective as historian of the sciences to the risky bias of contemporary philosophical critic. But Emile Meyerson, the epis­ temologist as historian, could not find a more rigorous test of his conclusions from historical learning than the interpretation of Einstein's work, unless perhaps he were to turn from the classical revolution of Einstein's relativity to the non-classical quantum theory. Meyerson captures our sympathy in all his writings: " . . . the role of the epistemologist is . . . in following the development of science" (250); the study of the evolution of reason leads us to see that "man does not experience himself reasoning . . . which is carried on unconsciously," and as the summation of his empirical studies of the works and practices of scientists, "reason . . . behaves in an altogether predict­ able way: . . . first by making the consequent equivalent to the antecedent, and then by actually denying all diversity in space" (202). If logic - and to Meyerson the epistemologist is logician - is to understand reason, then "logic proceeds a posteriori. " And so we are faced with an empirically based Par­ menides, and, as we shall see, with an ineliminable 'irrational' within science. Meyerson's story, written in 1924, is still exciting, 60 years later.
Konu
Science __ Philosophy.
History.
Philosophy of Science.
History.
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SpringerLink (Online service)
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