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Understanding Space-Time Robert DiSalle (University of Western Ontario)

Understanding Space-Time By Robert DiSalle (University of Western Ontario)

Understanding Space-Time by Robert DiSalle (University of Western Ontario)


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Presenting the history of space-time physics, from Newton to Einstein, as a philosophical as well as a scientific development, DiSalle shows how philosophical arguments and analyses impacted on these revolutionary changes in the history of physics.

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Understanding Space-Time: The Philosophical Development of Physics from Newton to Einstein by Robert DiSalle (University of Western Ontario)

Presenting the history of space-time physics, from Newton to Einstein, as a philosophical development DiSalle reflects our increasing understanding of the connections between ideas of space and time and our physical knowledge. He suggests that philosophy's greatest impact on physics has come about, less by the influence of philosophical hypotheses, than by the philosophical analysis of concepts of space, time and motion, and the roles they play in our assumptions about physical objects and physical measurements. This way of thinking leads to interpretations of the work of Newton and Einstein and the connections between them. It also offers ways of looking at old questions about a priori knowledge, the physical interpretation of mathematics, and the nature of conceptual change. Understanding Space-Time will interest readers in philosophy, history and philosophy of science, and physics, as well as readers interested in the relations between physics and philosophy.

About Robert DiSalle (University of Western Ontario)

Robert DiSalle is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario. His publications include a contribution to The Cambridge Companion to Newton (2002).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Absolute motion and the emergence of classical mechanics; 3. Empiricism and apriorism from Kant to Poincare; 4. The origins of significance of relativity theory; 5. Conclusion.

Additional information

NPB9780521857901
9780521857901
0521857902
Understanding Space-Time: The Philosophical Development of Physics from Newton to Einstein by Robert DiSalle (University of Western Ontario)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2006-04-27
188
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