عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
BD632 .N47 1994
BD632
.
N47
1994
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0521044030
(Number (ISBN
0521452619
(Number (ISBN
9780521044035
(Number (ISBN
9780521452618
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
dltt
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
What spacetime explains :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
metaphysical essays on space and time /
First Statement of Responsibility
Graham Nerlich
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 283 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. 1. Ontology and methodology in relativity. 1. On Learning from the mistakes of Positivists. 2. What ontology can be about / Graham Nerlich and Andrew Westwell-Roper. 3. Special Relativity is not based on causality. 4. Simultaneity and convention in Special Relativity. 5. Motion and change of distance -- pt. 2. Variable curvature and General Relativity. 6. How Euclidean geometry has misled metaphysics. 7. What can geometry explain? 8. Is Curvature intrinsic to physical space? 9. Holes in the hole argument -- pt. 3. Time and causation. 10. Can time be finite? 11. How to make things have happened
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Graham Nerlich is one of the most distinguished contemporary philosophers of space and time. What spacetime explains brings together eleven of his essays in a single carefully structured volume, dealing with ontology and methodology in relativity; variable curvature and general relativity; and time and causation. These essays argue that space and time are comprised in spacetime, that spacetime is real, and that its structure forms a main part of the apparatus of the explanation of science. Professor Nerlich provides a general introduction to his collection and also introductions to each part to bring the discussion up to date and to draw out the general themes. What spacetime explains will be welcomed by all philosophers of physics and of science in general
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Relativity (Physics)
Space and time
Espace et temps
Metafysica
Physique-- Philosophie
Relativistische benadering
Relativité (Physique)
Ruimte (algemeen)
Tijd
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
115
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BD632
Book number
.
N47
1994
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Nerlich, Graham,1929-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20160712060312.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
