The Philosophy of Physical Science: Tarner Lectures 1938 |
Contents
Preface page vii | 1 |
Selective Subjectivism | 16 |
Unobservables | 28 |
The Scope of Epistemological Method | 49 |
Epistemology and Relativity Theory | 70 |
Epistemology and Quantum Theory | 89 |
Discovery or Manufacture? | 106 |
The Concept of Analysis | 114 |
The Concept of Structure | 137 |
The Concept of Existence | 154 |
The Physical Universe | 170 |
The Beginnings of Knowledge | 187 |
The Synthesis of Knowledge | 201 |
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| Title | The Philosophy of Physical Science: Tarner Lectures 1938 Tarner lectures |
| Author | Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington |
| Publisher | CUP Archive, 1939 |
| Length | 230 pages |
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