Conceptual features of Einstein's theory of general relativity based on the philosophy of science / Jun-Young Oh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oh, Jun-Young, 1954- author.

Series:

Space science, exploration and policies series.

Space science, exploration and policies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General relativity (Physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"The main objective of this book is to present the theory of general relativity in a direction that will be intelligible, informative, and interesting to the individual reader. Many of the texts about general relativity are either too thin on detail or too narrow in scope; this book was written with the aim of rectifying these shortcomings"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreward A

Foreward B

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1

Background of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity: Newton's Metaphysical Mechanistic Worldview and Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Characteristics of Newtonian Mechanics

3. Problems with the Worldview Based on Newtonian Mechanics

4. Einstein's Theories of Special Relativity and General Relativity

Conclusion

Chapter 2

What Are Some Important Heuristic Principles in the Process of Formulation of the Theory of General Relativity?

2. What Led to the Principle of Equivalence, Where Inertia and Gravity Are the Same? Also, What Principles Have Been Derived from This Equivalence Principle?

3. Typical Analogy: The Principle of Scientific Discovery

Chapter 3

Is It Possible to Generalize the Theory of Relativity?

2. The Theory of General Relativity Encompasses Newtonian Mechanics as Well as Continuity

3. How did Einstein Solve Newton's Problem of Gravity?

4. The Theory of Evolution of the Entire Universe Based on the Absoluteness of the Survival of the Whole Organism

5. Limitation Revealed by the Relationship between Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of General Relativity

Conclusion and Suggestions

Chapter 4

The Beauty of Scientific Theories (The Theory of General Relativity) Based on Aesthetic Values

2. What Is a Good Scientific Theory?

2.1. Aesthetic Induction

3. Epistemic Value and Non-Epistemic Value

4. Values Judged to Be Good Scientific Theories

4.1 External Accuracy, Responsiveness, Scope, Fruitfulness of Scientific Theories as the External Properties of Theories That Expand Knowledge.

4.2. The Internal Rigidity of Scientific Theories and Theoretical Beauty Demonstrated in Internal Properties: Values That Add to Aesthetic Significance, as Delivered from the Understanding of Knowledge

4.2.1. The Simplicity of Scientific Theories

4.2.2. The Abstractness of Scientific Theories

5. The Process in Which Scientific Theories Develop Aesthetic Values

5.1 Aesthetic Change through the Requirements of a Good Theory by Stephen Hawking, the Most Famous Scientist in Recent Times (Hawking &amp

Mlodinow, 2008, pp. 13-18)

Chapter 5

The Expanding Universe

2. From the Static Universe to the Expanding Universe: Initial Conditions of Field Equations

3. The Theory of Cosmic Expansion Based on Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Invisible Force of the Universe

4. Cosmological Time Affected by Expansion of the Universe

5. Problems Related to Stabilization of the Universe

Chapter 6

Philosophical Status on the Theory of Relativity Based on Various Scientific Theories

2. A Scientific Worldview in a Metaphysical Belief System

2.1. Determinism: A Metaphysical Belief System

2.2. Propositional Knowledge, Scientific Theories: Realism with the Strict Determinism of the Necessity of Scientific Theory, and the Anti-Realism of Probabilistic Weak Determinism

3. Epistemological Justification Process

4. Realism and Anti-Realism

5. The Worldview the Theory of General Relativity from the Metaphysical Perspective

5.1. Justification of a New Theory and the Consistency of Unifying Theories

5.2. Justification of a New Theory and the Consistency of Unifying Theories

Chapter 7

The Philosophical Understanding of Time-Space, and Matter: Based on Newtonian Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity.

Abstract

2. Newton's Absolute Time and Absolute Space

3. Einstein's Space-Time Based on the Theory of Relativity

3.1. Space-Time in the Special Theory of Relativity

3.2. Space-Time in the General Theory of Relativity

3.3. Relationship between Space-Time and the Theory of Relativity in Quantum Mechanics

Conclusion and Discussions

Summary and Conclusion

References

About the Author

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Oh, Jun-Young Conceptual Features of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Based on the Philosophy of Science

ISBN:

9798886971408