TitleLogical and Epistemological Studies in Contemporary Physics [electronic resource] / edited by Robert S. Cohen, Marx W. Wartofsky
ImprintDordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1974
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2656-7
Descript VI, 466 p. online resource

CONTENT

Perception and Philosophy Science -- (1) Nature of a Perceptual Theory -- (2) The Psychophysical Law -- (3) Perception of Light and Color -- (4) Perception of Voice and Music -- (5) Theory of Space and Time -- (6) Statistical Theory of Fields -- (7) The Problem of the Unity of Physics -- (8) Nature of a Physical Theory -- (9) A Theory of Psycho-social Evolution -- The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- Defense of a Non-Conventionalist Interpretation of Classical Mechanics -- Comments on C. A. Hooker: Systematic Realism -- The Formal Representation of Physical Quantities -- Comments on โThe Formal Representation of Physical Quantitiesโ -- Comments on โThe Formal Representation of Physical Quantitiesโ -- The Labyrinth of Quantum Logics -- Ontic Commitments of Quantum Mechanics -- Comments on โOntic Commitments of Quantum Mechanicsโ -- Quantum Logic and Classical Logic: Their Respective Roles -- Implications of a New Axiom Set for Quantum Logic -- Two Types of Continuity -- General Relativity โ Some Puzzling Questions -- Personal Remembrance of Albert Einstein -- The Controversy Concerning the Law of Causality in Contemporary Physics -- Topical Table of Contents -- (1) Causality -- (2) Relevance of Probability -- (3) Teleology in Physics? -- (4) Probability and Free Will


SUBJECT

  1. Philosophy
  2. Philosophy and science
  3. Philosophy
  4. Philosophy of Science