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Friedel Weinert (Author)

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May 27, 2004 3540205802 978-3540205807 1

 

Clearly written and well illustrated, the book first places the scientist-philosophers in the limelight as we learn how their great scientific discoveries forced them to reconsider the time-honored notions with which science had described the natural world.

Then, the book explains that what we understand by nature and science have undergone fundamental conceptual changes as a result of the discoveries of electromagnetism, thermodynamics and atomic structure.

The author concludes that the dance between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever entwined.


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How do major scientific discoveries reshape their originators’, and our own, sense of reality and concept of the physical world? The Scientist as Philosopher explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. Clearly written and well illustrated, the book first places the scientist-philosophers in the limelight as we learn how their great scientific discoveries forced them to reconsider the time-honored notions with which science had described the natural world. Then, the book explains that what we understand by nature and science have undergone fundamental conceptual changes as a result of the discoveries of electromagnetism, thermodynamics and atomic structure. Even more dramatically, the quantum theory and special theory of relativity questioned traditional assumptions about causation and the passage of time. The author concludes that the dance between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever entwined.


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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
predictive determinism, feedback thesis, loop quantum theory, simultaneity plane, invariance view, organismic universe, relative simultaneity, ontological determinism, posterior conditions, quantum mechanical experiments, incertaine réalité, physical worldview, indeterminacy relations, new empirical discoveries, causal concatenation, conditional priority, block universe, quantum eraser, conditional view, probabilistic causation, nominalist arguments, clockwork image, atomic realm, philosophical impact, idealist view
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Saint Augustine, Costa de Beauregard, Philosophische Probleme, Evolution of Physics, Time Machines, End of Certainty, Philosophical Writings, Max Planck, Big Bang, Newton's Mathematical Principles, Cajori Edition, Open Universe, Robert Boyle, David Bohm, Einstein's Special, Immanuel Kant, Max Born, New Pathways, Physical Principles, Système de la Nature, Albert Einstein, Critique of Pure Reason, Max von Laue, Metaphysische Anfangsgründe, Middle Ages
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