Title Creative understanding : philosophical reflections on physics / Roberto Torretti

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 369 pages) Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Observation; 2. Concepts; 3. Theories; 4. Probability; 5. Necessity; Notes; References; Index Summary "A pleasure to read. Gracefully written by a scholar well grounded in the relevant philosophical, historical, and technical background. ... a helpfully clarifying review and analysis of some issues of importance to recent philosophy of science and a source of some illuminating insights."--Burke Townsend, Philosophy of Science Analysis Physics Philosophy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-356) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Physics -- Philosophy. Physics -- Methodology SCIENCE -- Physics. Physics -- Methodology Physics -- Philosophy Physikalische Theorie Philosophie Physique -- Philosophie. Physique -- Méthodologie. Form Electronic book LC no. 90011007 ISBN 9780226807829 0226807827 1283058634 9781283058636 9786613058638 6613058637

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