Geometry and chronometry in philosophical perspective / by Adolf Grunbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grünbaum, Adolf.

Series:

Minnesota paperbacks ; MP16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relativity (Physics).

Space and time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1968]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Geometry and Chronometry in Philosophical Perspective was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In this volume Professor Grünbaum substantially extends and comments upon his essay "Geometry, Chronometry, and Empiricism," which was first published in Volume III of the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Commenting on the essay when it first appeared J. J. C. Smart wrote in Mind (England): "In my opinion Adolf Grünbaum's paper ... supersedes nearly all that has been written on the logical status of physical geometry and chronometry." The full text of the essay is given here with the author's extension of it and his discussion of some of the critical comment it has evoked, particularly, a critique published by Hilary Putnam. Adolph Grünbaum is Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and the current president of the Philosophy of Science Association.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Chapter I. GEOMETRY, CHRONOMETRY, AND EMPIRICISM; Chapter II. GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS; Chapter III. REPLY TO HILARY PUTNAM'S ""AN EXAMINATION OF GRÜNBAUM'S PHILOSOPHY OF GEOMETRY""; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-0490-8

OCLC:

476161727