Symbol and Physical Knowledge On the Conceptual Structure of Physics
This book tackles the question of the symbolic structure of physics, a topic which is implicit in any theory of knowledge, but one that often seems to be ignored as an explicit and central element in today's epistemological debates. The elucidation of this problem should benefit a number of ong...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Sources for the History of the Concept of Symbol from Leibniz to Cassirer
- 2. On the Use and Character of Symbols in Modern Physical Theories
- 3. The Symbol in the Theory of Science: Duhem’s Alleged Instrumentalism or Conventionalism and the Continuity of Scientific Development
- 4. Beyond Realism. Symbolism in the Philosophy of Science by Charles S. Peirce and Ernst Cassirer
- 5. Heinrich Hertz and the Concept of a Symbol
- 6. Shifting Symbolic Structures and Changing Theories: On the Non-Translatability and Empirical Comparability of Incommensurable Theories
- 7. Symbol and Intuition in Modern Physics
- 8. Idealizations in Physics
- 9. Symbolizing States and Events in Quantum Mechanics
- 10. The Semiotics of “Postmodern” Physics