Philosophy of science (Record no. 41920)
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| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Q175 |
| Item number | .D194 1966 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Philosophy of science |
| Remainder of title | / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Sidney Morgenbesser |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Meridian Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1966, c1960 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 477 p. |
| Other physical details | ; |
| Dimensions | 19 cm. |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Meridian books |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | pt. 1. Science, language, and experience. Two kinds of properties / Galileo Galilei -- The relation of sense-data to physics / Bertrand Russell -- Russell's philosophy of science / Ernest Nagel -- Furniture of the earth / L. Susan Stebbing -- Language and experience / R.L. Goodstein -- Operationism, observation, and scientific terms / Carl G. Hempel -- Measurement / Ernest Nagel -- On the theory of scales of measurement / S.S. Stevens -- Elementary and abstract terms / Rudolf Carnap -- Theoretical terms and a modest empiricism / Israel Scheffler -- pt. 2. Laws and theories. Physical law / Pierre Duhem -- Problems of the concept of general law / Carl G. Hempel and P. Oppenheim -- Laws and theories in the physical sciences / C.F. Presley -- On methods of representation / W.H. Watson -- Theories as representations / Ludwig Boltzmann -- Probability and degree of confirmation / Ernest Nagel -- The significance and purpose of natural laws / Ernst Mach -- Explanation, prediction, and abstraction / Israel Scheffler -- The meaning of reduction in the natural sciences / Ernest Nagel -- pt. 3. Space, time, and causality. Absolute and relative space, time, and motion / Isaac Newton -- Criticism of Newton's doctrines on space / George Berkeley -- Newton's views on time, space, and motion / Ernst Mach -- Two systems of mechanics / Heinrich Hertz -- Hertz on classical mechanics / Henri Poincaré -- Geometry and space / Henri Poincaré -- Coordinative definitions, rigid bodies, and the relativity of space / Hans Reichenbach -- Logical and philosophical foundations of the special theory of relativity / Adolf Grünbaum -- Meaning and scientific status of causality / Henri Margenau -- The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory / Norwood Russell Hanson. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science Philosophy.Physics. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Morgenbesser, Sidney |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| GETS Theological Seminary Library | GETS Theological Seminary Library | 09/21/2022 | 24.50 | Q175 .D194 1966 | 00027839 | 09/21/2022 | 09/21/2022 | English Books |