Ebook: Between Rationalism and Empiricism: Selected Papers in the Philosophy of Physics

Erhard Scheibe is one of the most outstanding German philosophers of science. He has written extensively on all the problems that confront the philosophy of mathematics and physics: rationalism versus empiricism, the laws of nature, and reductionism. He has published books on the logical foundations of quantum mechanics and on the reduction of physical theories. Little of his work has been translated into English. This collection of 38 essays is intended to remedy this omission and to help to make Erhard Scheibe's philosophical ideas better known to an international audience.

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Erhard Scheibe is one of the most outstanding German philosophers of science. He has written extensively on all the problems that confront the philosophy of mathematics and physics: rationalism versus empiricism, the laws of nature, and reductionism. He has published books on the logical foundations of quantum mechanics and on the reduction of physical theories. Little of his work has been translated into English. This collection of 38 essays is intended to remedy this omission and to help to make Erhard Scheibe's philosophical ideas better known to an international audience.

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Erhard Scheibe is one of the most outstanding German philosophers of science. He has written extensively on all the problems that confront the philosophy of mathematics and physics: rationalism versus empiricism, the laws of nature, and reductionism. He has published books on the logical foundations of quantum mechanics and on the reduction of physical theories. Little of his work has been translated into English. This collection of 38 essays is intended to remedy this omission and to help to make Erhard Scheibe's philosophical ideas better known to an international audience.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Between Rationalism and Empiricism....Pages 1-86
The Philosophy of the Physicists....Pages 87-155
Reconstruction....Pages 157-227
Laws of Nature....Pages 229-301
Reduction....Pages 303-377
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 379-451
Spacetime, Invariance, Covariance....Pages 453-512
Mathematics and Physics....Pages 513-583
Back Matter....Pages 585-627

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Erhard Scheibe is one of the most outstanding German philosophers of science. He has written extensively on all the problems that confront the philosophy of mathematics and physics: rationalism versus empiricism, the laws of nature, and reductionism. He has published books on the logical foundations of quantum mechanics and on the reduction of physical theories. Little of his work has been translated into English. This collection of 38 essays is intended to remedy this omission and to help to make Erhard Scheibe's philosophical ideas better known to an international audience.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Between Rationalism and Empiricism....Pages 1-86
The Philosophy of the Physicists....Pages 87-155
Reconstruction....Pages 157-227
Laws of Nature....Pages 229-301
Reduction....Pages 303-377
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 379-451
Spacetime, Invariance, Covariance....Pages 453-512
Mathematics and Physics....Pages 513-583
Back Matter....Pages 585-627
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