Friedman Foundations of Space-Time Theories

Relativistic Physics and Philosophy of Science
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5512-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 404 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

This book, explores the conceptual foundations of Einstein's theory of relativity: the fascinating, yet tangled, web of philosophical, mathematical, and physical ideas that is the source of the theory's enduring philosophical interest.

Originally published in 1983.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Friedman, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Preface, pg. xi
I. Introduction: Relativity Theory and Logical Positivism, pg. 1
II. Space-Time Theories, pg. 32
III. Newtonian Physics, pg. 71
IV. Special Relativity, pg. 125
V. General Relativity, pg. 177
VI. Relationalism, pg. 216
VII. Conventionalism, pg. 264
Appendix: Differential Geometry, pg. 340
Bibliography, pg. 368
Index, pg. 377