The title of this work is to be taken seriously: it is a small book
for teaching students to read the language of determinism. Some
prior knowledge of college-level mathematics and physics is
presupposed, but otherwise the book is suitable for use in an
advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course in the
philosophy of science. While writing I had in mind primarily a
philosophical audience, but I hope that students and colleagues
from the sciences will also find the treatment of scientific issues
of interest. Though modest in not trying to reach beyond an
introductory level of analysis, the work is decidedly immodest in
trying to change a number of misimpressions that pervade the
philosophical literature. For example, when told that classical
physics is not the place to look for clean and unproblematic
examples of determinism, most philosophers react with a mixture of
disbelief and incomprehension. The misconcep tions on which that
reaction is based can and must be changed."
General
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, 32 |
| Release date: |
August 1986 |
| First published: |
August 1986 |
| Authors: |
John Earman
|
| Dimensions: |
297 x 210 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
273 |
| Edition: |
1986 ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-90-277-2240-9 |
| Categories: |
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| LSN: |
90-277-2240-4 |
| Barcode: |
9789027722409 |
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