The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics / J. B. Stallo; Percy W. Bridgman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stallo, J. B. (John Bernhard), 1823-1900, author.

Contributor:

Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961, editor.

Series:

John Harvard Library

The John Harvard Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Philosophy.

Physics.

Force and energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Excerpt from The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics The misapprehension I speak of is very surprising, in View of the explicit declaration, contained in the very first sentence of my preface, that the book is de signed as a contribution not to physics, nor certainly to metaphysics, but to the theory of cognition. N ot withstanding this declaration, most of my critics assume it to be my purpose to expose the shortcomings and de feets of particular physical theories as devices for the colligation of facts, or as instruments of research, and suppose that my endeavor is simply, as one of my crit ics expresses it, to pick flaws in these theories, or, in the language of another critic, to crassify and develop contradictions between them, to set facts by the ears, and bump friendly heads together - in short, in the spirit of a sort of scientific pyrrhonism, to dis credit the familiar methods Of physical science, if not to invalidate its results. And they complain that I fail to apprehend what one of them is pleased to term the laboratory function of a physical theory or hypothe sis, and to appreciate the distinction between a work ing hypothesis and a theory advanced with the claim of its final validity or truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE

III. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE EQUAL

IV. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY HARD AND INELASTIC

V. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY INERT

VI. THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL POTENTIAL ENERGY IS IN REALITY KINETIC - EVOLUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

VII. THE THEORY OF THE ATOMIC CONSTITUTION OF MATTER

VIII. THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES - CONDITIONS OF THE VALIDITY OF SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES

IX. THE RELATION OF THOUGHTS TO THINGS - THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS - METAPHYSICAL THEORIES

Χ. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY - ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND RADICAL ERRORS OF METAPHYSICS

XI. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) - ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE THIRD RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS

XII. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) - ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FOURTH RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS

XIII. THE THEORY OF THE ABSOLUTE FINITUDE OF THE WORLD AND OF SPACE - THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM OF MATERIAL EXISTENCE AS A NECESSARY COMPLEMENT TO THE ASSUMPTION OF THE ATOM AS ITS ABSOLUTE MINIMUM - ONTOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS - THE REIFICATION OF SPACE - MODERN TRANSCENDENTAL GEOMETRY - NON-HOMALOIDAL (SPHERICAL AND PSEUDO-SPHERICAL) SPACE

XIV. METAGEOMETRICAL SPACE IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN ANALYSIS - RIEMANN'S ESSAY

XV. COSMOLOGIC AL AND COSMOGENETIC SPECULATIONS - THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS

XVI. CONCLUSION

INDEX OF NAMES

Backmatter

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-86483-2

OCLC:

1013946932