Space, Time, and Spacetime - Tapa blanda

Sklar, Lawrence

 
9780520031746: Space, Time, and Spacetime
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ISBN 10: 0520031741 ISBN 13: 9780520031746
Editorial: University of California Press, 1977

Sinopsis

In this book, Lawrence Sklar demonstrates the interdependence of science and philosophy by examining a number of crucial problems on the nature of space and time - problems that require for their resolution the resources of philosophy and of physics. The overall issues explored are our knowledge of the geometry of the world, the existence of spacetime as an entity over and above the material objects of the world, the relation between temporal order and causal order, and the problem of the direction of time. Without neglecting the most subtle philosophical points or the most advanced contributions of contemporary physics, the author has taken pains to make his explorations intelligible to the reader with no advanced training in physics, mathematics, or philosophy. The arguments are set forth step-by-step, beginning from first principles; and, the philosophical discussions are supplemented in detail by nontechnical expositions of crucial features of physical theories.

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Acerca del autor

Lawrence Sklar is the Carl G. Hempel and William K. Frankena Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan.

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Editorial
University of California Press
Año de publicación
1977
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0520031741
ISBN 13 
9780520031746
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
438
Contacto del fabricante
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