Between Physics and Philosophy / Philipp Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Philipp, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logical positivism.

Physics--Philosophy.

Local Subjects:

Logical positivism.

Physics--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Between Physics and Philosophy".

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

I. THE LAW OF CAUSALITY AND EXPERIENCE (1908)

II. THE IMPORTANCE OF ERNST MACH'S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE FOR OUR TIMES (1917)

III. PHYSICAL THEORIES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY (1929)

IV. IS THERE A TREND TODAY TOWARD IDEALISM IN PHYSICS? (1934)

V. THE POSITIVISTIC AND THE METAPHYSICAL CONCEPTION OF PHYSICS (1935)

VI. LOGICAL EMPIRICISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOVIET UNION (1935)

VII. PHILOSOPHICAL MISINTERPRETATIONS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY (1936)

VIII. WHAT "LENGTH" MEANS TO THE PHYSICIST (1937)

IX. DETERMINISM AND INDETERMINISM IN MODERN PHYSICS (I938)

X. ERNST MACH AND THE UNITY OF SCIENCE (1938)

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-33197-4

OCLC:

1024040576