Graham Nerlich
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1994
9780521452618
What Spacetime Explains
Metaphysical Essays on Space and Time
Specificaties
Gebonden, 300 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
1994
ISBN13: 9780521452618
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
Graham Nerlich is one of the most distinguished of contemporary philosophers of space and time. Eleven of his essays are here brought together in a carefully structured volume, which deal with ontology and methodology in relativity, variable curvature and general relativity, and time and causation. The author has provided a new general introduction and also introductions to each part to bring the discussion more up to date and draw out the general themes. The book will be welcomed by all philosophers of physics, and of science in general.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521452618
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:300
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
Preface; Introduction; Part I. Ontology and Methodology in Relativity: 1. On learning from the mistakes of Positivists; 2. What ontology can be about with Andrew Westwell-Roper; 3. Special relativity is not based on causality; 3. Simultaneity and convention in special relativity; 5. Motion and change of distance; Part II. Variable Curvature and General Relativity: 6. How Euclidean geometry has misled metaphysics; 7. What can geometry explain?; 8. Is curvature intrinsic to physical space?; 9. Holes in the hole argument; Part III. Time and Causation: 10. Can time be finite?; 11. How to make things have happened; Bibliography; Index.