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The Analysis of Matter (Hardcover)
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The Analysis of Matter (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Classics
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The Analysis of Matter is the product of thirty years of thinking
by one of the twentieth century's best-known philosophers. An
inquiry into the philosophical foundations of physics, it was
written against the background of stunning new developments in
physics earlier in the century, above all relativity, as well as
the excitement around quantum theory, which was just being
developed. Concerned to place physics on a stable footing at a time
of great theoretical change, Russell argues that the concept of
matter itself can be replaced by a logical construction whose basic
foundations are events. He is careful to point out that this does
not prove that matter does not exist, but it does show that
physicists can get on with their work without assuming that matter
does exist. Russell argues that fundamental bits of ''matter'',
such as electrons and protons, are simply groups of events
connected in a certain way and their properties are all that are
required for physics. This Routledge Classics edition includes the
1992 Introduction by John G. Slater.
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