Philosophical Problems of Space and TimeA treatise on the philosophical consequences of scientific developments for our conceptions of space, time, and causality. |
Contents
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALTERNATIVE TIME METRIZA | 66 |
CRITIQUE OF REICHENBACHS AND CARNAPS PHILOSOPHY | 81 |
CRITIQUE OF EINSTEINS PHILOSOPHY OF GEOMETRY | 106 |
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Philosophical Problems of Space and Time: Second, enlarged edition Adolf Grünbaum No preview available - 2011 |
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A. N. Whitehead actual aether aether theory anisotropy assertion assumption asymmetry basis behavior branch systems Bridgman causal Chapter claim clock closed system coincidence conception congruence class congruence definition context conventional conventionality coordinates corresponding customary D-thesis defined earlier Eddington Einstein empirical entropy entropy increase equation Euclidean geometry existence explanandum explanans fact facto finite genidentical geodesics given Hence Ibid inertial system inferability infinite interaction intervals intrinsic metric irreversibility Kennedy-Thorndike experiment kind later laws length light ray logical Lorentz low entropy Mach's Principle mathematical measurement metric tensor metrical simultaneity Michelson-Morley experiment motion Newtonian non-Euclidean non-Euclidean geometries observer obtain particle philosophical Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Space physical space Poincaré Popper postulate prediction principle processes properties psychological quantum mechanics Reichenbach relation respect retrodictive scientific sense spatial congruence specific statement statistical theory of relativity thermodynamics thesis tion universal forces velocity of light Whitehead