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Zusatztext a treasure of philosophical wisdom and historical information into which everyone who has not delivered his soul to metaphysical realism will do well to delve. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Ryckman received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University in 1986. He has taught philosophy of science at Wesleyan University, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University. He lives in San Francisco. Klappentext Einstein's theory of gravitation, known as 'general relativity', was also a defining event for 20th century philosophy of science. During the decisive first ten years of the theory's existence, two main tendencies dominated it philosophical reception. This book is an extended argument that the path actually taken, which became logical empiricist philosophy of science, greatly contributed to the current impasse over realism, whereas new possibilities are opened inrevisiting and reviving the spirit of the more sophisticated tendency , a cluster of viewpoints broadly termed transcendental idealism, and furthering its articulation. Zusammenfassung Universally recognized as bringing about a transformation of the notions of space, time, and motion in physics, Einstein's theory of gravitation, known as "general relativity," was also a defining event for 20th century philosophy of science. This book looks at the argument that the path actually taken contributed to the impasse over realism.
