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Author:   Adolf Grünbaum
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   2nd, enlarged ed. 1973
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.465kg
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9789027703576

ISBN 10:   9027703574
Pages:   884
Publication Date:   31 December 1973
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Philosophical Problems of the Metric of Space and Time.- 1. Spatial and Temporal Congruence in Physics: A Critical Comparison of the Conceptions of Newton, Riemann, Poincaré, Eddington, Bridgman, Russell, and Whitehead.- 2. The Significance of Alternative Time Metrizations in Newtonian Mechanics and in the General Theory of Relativity.- 3. Critique of Reichenbach’s and Carnap’s Philosophy of Geometry.- 4. Critique of Einstein’s Philosophy of Geometry.- 5. Empiricism and the Geometry of Visual Space.- 6. The Resolution of Zeno’s Metrical Paradox of Extension for the Mathematical Continua of Space and Time.- II. Philosophical Problems of the Topology of Time and Space.- 7. The Causal Theory of Time.- 8. The Anisotropy of Time.- 9. The Asymmetry of Retrodictability and Predictability, the Compossibility of Explanation of the Past and Prediction of the Future, and Mechanism vs. Teleology.- 10. Is There a “Flow” of Time or Temporal “Becoming”?.- 11. Empiricism and the Three-Dimensionality of Space.- III. Philosophical Issues in the Theory of Relativity.- 12. Philosophical Foundations of the Special Theory of Relativity, and Their Bearing on Its History.- 13. Philosophical Appraisal of E. A. Milne’s Alternative to Einstein’s STR.- 14. Has the General Theory of Relativity Repudiated Absolute Space?.- 15. Philosophical Critique of Whitehead’s Theory of Relativity.- Bibliography for the First Edition.- IV. Supplementary Studies 1964–1973.- 1. Supplement to Part I.- 16. Space, Time and Falsifiability (First Installment).- 17. Can We Ascertain the Falsity of a Scientific Hypothesis?.- 18. Can an Infinitude of Operations Be Performed in a Finite Time?.- 2. Supplement to Part II.- 19. Is the Coarse-Grained Entropy of Classical Statistical Mechanics anAnthropomorphism?.- 3. Supplement to Part III.- 20. Simultaneity by Slow Clock Transport in the Special Theory of Relativity.- 21. The Bearing of Philosophy on the History of the Special Theory of Relativity.- Chppter 22. General Relativity, Geometrodynamics and Ontology.- Index of Personal Names — Compiled by Mr. Theodore C. Falk.- Index of Subjects — Compiled by Mr. Theodore C. Falk.

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