Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories
Einstein often expressed the sentiment that "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility," and that science is the means through which we comprehend it. However, nearly every one - including scientists - agrees that the concepts of modem physics are quite incomprehensible: T...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1984, 1984
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1984 |
| Series: | Science and Philosophy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. The Philosophical Situation: A Critical Appraisal
- 1: The ‘standard’ account of meaning
- 2: ‘Meaning variance’ and ‘incommensurability’
- II. The Scientific Situation: An Historical Analysis
- 3: Faraday’s ‘lines of force’
- 4: Maxwell’s ‘Newtonian aether-field’
- 5: Lorentz’ ‘non-Newtonian aether-field’
- 6: Einstein’s ‘field’
- III. The Making of Meaning: A Proposal
- 7: Meaning in scientific practice