M. Ferrari,
I.-O. Stamatescu
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
0e druk, 2010
9783642074745
Symbol and Physical Knowledge
On the Conceptual Structure of Physics
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Paperback, 230 blz.
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Engels
Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9783642074745
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Samenvatting
Introduces the problem of the symbolic structure of physics, surveys the modern history of symbols, proceeds to an epistemological discussion of the role of symbols in our knowledge of nature, and addresses key issues related to the methodology of physics and the character of its symbolic structures.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783642074745
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:230
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:0
Inhoudsopgave
1. Sources for the History of the Concept of Symbol from Leibniz to Cassirer.- 2. On the Use and Character of Symbols in Modern Physical Theories.- 3. The Symbol in the Theory of Science: Duhem’s Alleged Instrumentalism or Conventionalism and the Continuity of Scientific Development.- 4. Beyond Realism. Symbolism in the Philosophy of Science by Charles S. Peirce and Ernst Cassirer.- 5. Heinrich Hertz and the Concept of a Symbol.- 6. Shifting Symbolic Structures and Changing Theories: On the Non-Translatability and Empirical Comparability of Incommensurable Theories.- 7. Symbol and Intuition in Modern Physics.- 8. Idealizations in Physics.- 9. Symbolizing States and Events in Quantum Mechanics.- 10. The Semiotics of “Postmodern” Physics.