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Philosophy in Science

By Michael Heller

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2011
ISBN
9783642177057, 9783642177040
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
457 kB (468449 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2021-09-29 02:06:32

Description

The traditional topics of the "philosophy of nature" — space, time, causality, the structure of the universe — are overwhelmingly present in our modern scientific theories. This book traces the complex paths that discussion of these topics has followed, from Plato and Aristotle, through Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and other great thinkers, right up to the relativistic cosmologies and the grand unified theories of contemporary science. In the light of this historical development, it becomes clear that modern science gives us not only a technological power over the world, but also a deeper understanding of physical reality. In this sense, science could be regarded as an heir to the traditional "philosophy of nature". Moreover, the reader will learn why science itself deserves to be the subject of philosophical reflection.

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