Protophysics of Time Constructive Foundation and History of Time Measurement
For protophysics, the fascinating and impressive constructive re-establish ment of the foundations of science by Professor Paul Lorenzen, working with his colleagues and students of the Erlangen School, no task is more central than to.furmulate a theoretical understanding of the practical art of me...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I / On the Problem of Chronometry in the Present-Day Theory of Science
- 1. Introduction: Establishment of a Reference to Known Positions in the Theory of Science
- 2. Affirmative Theory of Science and the Language of Physics
- 3. The Affirmative Theory of Measurement
- 4. Affirmative Explanations of the Choice of the Time Standard
- II / On the Method of Physics
- 1. Preliminary Remarks
- 2. Method as a Validity Criterion. On the Foundational Theory of Hugo Dingler
- 3. Logic and Protophysics. On the Foundational Theory of Paul Lorenzen
- 4. On the Method of Physics
- 5. On the Criticism of Protophysics
- III / Chronometry
- 1. What Purpose Shall Time-Measurement Serve?
- 2. Moved Bodies
- 3. Comparisons of Motion
- 4. Forms of Motion
- IV / On a History of Chronometry
- 1. Preliminary Remarks: Terminological Distinction of Practical and Theoretical Chronometry
- 2. The Development of Chronology
- 3. Short History of the Water Clock
- 4. Short History of Mechanical Escapement Clocks
- 5. The Principles of Clock Construction
- 6. Time Theories
- Notes
- References
- Name Index