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1 online resource (xvi, 581 pages) : illustrations |
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Pittsburgh-Konstanz series in the philosophy and history of science |
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Pittsburgh-Konstanz series in the philosophy and history of science.
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University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions. PPiU
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University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections. PPiU
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| Contents |
What's in Kepler's new astronomy? / Bernard R. Goldstein -- Experiment, community, and the constitution of nature in the seventeenth century / Daniel Garber -- Isaac Newton on empirical success and scientific method / William Harper -- Peek behind the veil of Maya : Einstein, Schopenhauer, and the historical background of the conception of space as a ground for the individuation of physical systems / Don Howard -- From constructive to predictive mathematics / Geoffrey Hellman -- Halfway through the woods : contemporary research on space and time / Carlo Rovelli -- What superpositions feel like / David Z Albert -- Preparation problem in quantum mechanics / Linda Wessels -- Schrödinger's cat and other entanglements of quantum mechanics / Jeffrey Bub -- Deterministic chaos and the nature of chance / John A. Winnie -- Models, the Brownian motion, and the disunities of physics / R.I.G. Hughes -- Continuum of inductive methods revisited / Sandy L. Zabell -- Science without induction / Frederick Suppe -- That just don't sound right : a plea for real examples / David L. Hull -- Logical framework for the notion of Natural property / J. Michael Dunn -- Singular causation and laws of nature / David M. Armstrong -- Action and autonomy / Fred Dretske -- Explanations involving rationality / Peter Railton |
| Summary |
Annotation The inaugural volume of the series, devoted to the work of philosopher Adolf Gruuml;nbaum, encompasses the philosophical problems of space, time, and cosmology, the nature of scientific methodology, and the foundations of psychoanalysis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- History.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Science
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Science -- Philosophy
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Quantenmechanik
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Wissenschaftstheorie
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Naturwissenschaften
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Messprozess
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Wetenschapsfilosofie.
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História da ciência.
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Filosofia (história)
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Sciences -- Histoire.
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Sciences dx Philosophie.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Earman, John, editor.
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Norton, John D., 1960- editor.
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University of Pittsburgh. University Library System. Digital Research Library
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| ISBN |
9780822972013 |
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0822972018 |
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9780822956945 |
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0822956942 |
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