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- catalog abstract ""The Scientist as Philosopher explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. The book places the scientist-philosphers in the limelight as we learn how their scientific discoveries forced them to reconsider the time-honored notions with which science had described the natural world. The book explains how our understanding of science and nature has 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 book elucidates how these two thoeries affected these traditional notions. The author concludes that the entanglement between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever intertwined."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13297420.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""The Scientist as Philosopher explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. The book places the scientist-philosphers in the limelight as we learn how their scientific discoveries forced them to reconsider the time-honored notions with which science had described the natural world. The book explains how our understanding of science and nature has 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 book elucidates how these two thoeries affected these traditional notions.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- pt. I. The philosopher scientist -- 2. The concept of nature -- 3. Physical understanding -- pt. II. The scientist philosopher -- 4. The block universe -- 5. Causation and determinism -- 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-318) and indexes.".
- catalog description "The author concludes that the entanglement between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever intertwined."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xi, 342 p. :".
- catalog identifier "3540205802 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berlin ; New York : Springer,".
- catalog subject "501 22".
- catalog subject "Discoveries in science.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy and science.".
- catalog subject "Q180.55.D57 W45 2004".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- pt. I. The philosopher scientist -- 2. The concept of nature -- 3. Physical understanding -- pt. II. The scientist philosopher -- 4. The block universe -- 5. Causation and determinism -- 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "The scientist as philosopher : philosophical consequences of great scientific discoveries / Friedel Weinert.".
- catalog type "text".