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Hans Reichenbach

Selected Writings 1909–1953 Volume Two
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Table of Contents

V / Philosophy of Physics.- 44. The Present State of the Discussion on Relativity (1922).- 45. The Theory of Motion According to Newton, Leibniz, and Huyghens (1924).- 46. The Relativistic Theory of Time (1924).- 47. The Causal Structure of the World and the Difference between Past and Future (1925).- 48. The Aims and Methods of Physical Knowledge (1929).- (a) The General Theory of Physical Knowledge:.- 1. The Value of Physical Knowledge.- 2. Demarcation between Physics and the Other Natural Sciences.- 3. Physics and Technology.- 4. Physics and Mathematics.- 5. Perception.- 6. The Problem of Reality.- 7. Probability Inference.- 8. The Physical Concept of Truth.- 9. Physical Fact.- 10. Physical Definition.- 11. The Criterion of Simplicity.- 12. The Goal of Physical Knowledge.- (b) Empiricism and Theory in the Individual Principles of Physics.- 13. The Problem of the A Priori.- 14. The Place of Reason in Knowledge.- 15. Space.- 16. The Idealistic and Realistic Conceptions of Space.- 17. Time.- 18. The Connection between Time and Space.- 19. Substance.- 20. Causality.- 21. The Asymmetry of Causality.- 22. Probability.- 23. The Significance of Intuitive Models.- 24. The Epistemological Situation in Quantum Mechanics.- 49. Current Epistemological Problems and the Use of a Three-Valued Logic in Quantum Mechanics (1951).- 50. The Logical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (1952).- 51. The Philosophical Significance of the Wave-Particle Dualism (1953).- VI/Probability and Induction.- 52a. The Physical Presuppositions of the Calculus of Probability (1920).- 52b. Appendix: A Letter to the Editor (1920).- 53. A Philosophical Critique of the Probability Calculus (1920).- 54. Notes on the Problem of Causality [A Letter from Erwin, Schrodinger to Hans Reichenbach] (1924).- 55. Causality and Probability (1930).- 56. The Principle of Causality and the Possibility of Its Empirical Confirmation (1932).- 57. Induction and Probability: Remarks on Karl Popper's The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1935).- 58. The Semantic and the Object Conceptions of Probability Expressions (1939).- 59. A Letter to Bertrand Russell (March 28, 1949).- Bibliography of Writings oF Hans Reichenbach.- Index of Names to Volumes One and Two.
Release date NZ
December 31st, 1978
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by M Reichenbach
  • Edited by Robert S. Cohen
  • Translated by Elizabeth Hughes Schneewind
Illustrations
XI, 436 p.
Pages
436
Dimensions
155x235x25
ISBN-13
9789027709097
Product ID
2439361

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