The Analysis of Matter

ISBN-13: 9781032312682 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 432 str.

Bertrand Russell; John G. Slater

Opis

The Analysis of Matter is the product of thirty years of thinking by one of the twentieth century's best-known philosophers. This Routledge Classics edition includes the 1992 Introduction by John G. Slater.

Recenzje

'The whole book is candid and stimulating and, for both its subject and its treatment, one of the best that Mr. Russell has given us.' - The Times

Spis treści

Introduction to the Routledge Classics edition John G. Slater  Preface  1. The Nature of the Problem  Part 1: The Logical Analysis of Physics  2. Pre-Relativity Physics  3. Electrons and Protons  4. The Theory of Quanta  5. The Special Theory of Relativity  6. The General Theory of Relativity  7. The Method of Tensors  8. Geodesics  9. Invariants and Their Physical Interpretation  10. Weyl’s Theory  11. The Principle of Differential Laws  12. Measurement  13. Matter and Space  14. The Abstractness of Physics  Part 2: Physics and Perception  15. From Primitive Perception to Common Sense  16. From Common Sense to Physics  17. What is an Empirical Science  18. Our Knowledge of Particular Matters of Fact  19. Data, Inferences, Hypotheses, and Theories  20. The Causal Theory of Perception  21. Perception and Objectivity  22. The Belief in General Laws  23. Substance  24. Importance of Structure in Scientific Inference  25. Perception From the Standpoint of Physics  26. Non-Mental Analogues to Perception  Part 3: The Structure of the Physical World  27. Particulars and Events  28. The Construction of Points  29. Space-Time Order  30. Causal Lines  31. Extrinsic Causal Laws  32. Physical and Perceptual Space-Time  33. Periodicity and Qualitative Series  34. Types of Physical Occurrences  35. Causality and Interval  36. The Genesis of Space-Time  37. Physics and Neutral Monism  38. Summary and Conclusion.  Index

O autorze

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a celebrated writer and commentator on social and political affairs.