Philosophy in Science: An Historical Introduction

by Michael Heller

Book Overview

The traditional topics of the "philosophy of nature" -- space, time, causality, the structure of the universe -- are overwhelmingly present in our modern scientific theories. This book traces the complex paths that discussion of these topics has followed, from Plato and Aristotle, through Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and other great thinkers, right up to the relativistic cosmologies and the grand unified theories of contemporary science. In the light...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642446515
• ISBN13: 9783642446511
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"