Author | Grรผnbaum, Adolf. author |
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Title | Philosophical Problems of Space and Time [electronic resource] / by Adolf Grรผnbaum |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1973 |
Edition | Second, enlarged edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2622-2 |
Descript | XXIV, 884 p. online resource |
I. Philosophical Problems of the Metric of Space and Time -- 1. Spatial and Temporal Congruence in Physics: A Critical Comparison of the Conceptions of Newton, Riemann, Poincarรฉ, Eddington, Bridgman, Russell, and Whitehead -- 2. The Significance of Alternative Time Metrizations in Newtonian Mechanics and in the General Theory of Relativity -- 3. Critique of Reichenbachโs and Carnapโs Philosophy of Geometry -- 4. Critique of Einsteinโs Philosophy of Geometry -- 5. Empiricism and the Geometry of Visual Space -- 6. The Resolution of Zenoโs Metrical Paradox of Extension for the Mathematical Continua of Space and Time -- II. Philosophical Problems of the Topology of Time and Space -- 7. The Causal Theory of Time -- 8. The Anisotropy of Time -- 9. The Asymmetry of Retrodictability and Predictability, the Compossibility of Explanation of the Past and Prediction of the Future, and Mechanism vs. Teleology -- 10. Is There a โFlowโ of Time or Temporal โBecomingโ? -- 11. Empiricism and the Three-Dimensionality of Space -- III. Philosophical Issues in the Theory of Relativity -- 12. Philosophical Foundations of the Special Theory of Relativity, and Their Bearing on Its History -- 13. Philosophical Appraisal of E. A. Milneโs Alternative to Einsteinโs STR -- 14. Has the General Theory of Relativity Repudiated Absolute Space? -- 15. Philosophical Critique of Whiteheadโs Theory of Relativity -- Bibliography for the First Edition -- IV. Supplementary Studies 1964โ1973 -- 1. Supplement to Part I -- 16. Space, Time and Falsifiability (First Installment) -- 17. Can We Ascertain the Falsity of a Scientific Hypothesis? -- 18. Can an Infinitude of Operations Be Performed in a Finite Time? -- 2. Supplement to Part II -- 19. Is the Coarse-Grained Entropy of Classical Statistical Mechanics an Anthropomorphism? -- 3. Supplement to Part III -- 20. Simultaneity by Slow Clock Transport in the Special Theory of Relativity -- 21. The Bearing of Philosophy on the History of the Special Theory of Relativity -- Chppter 22. General Relativity, Geometrodynamics and Ontology -- Index of Personal Names โ Compiled by Mr. Theodore C. Falk -- Index of Subjects โ Compiled by Mr. Theodore C. Falk