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Philosophers and Einstein's Relativity - The Early Philosophical Reception of the Relativistic Revolution

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This book offers an up-to-date insight into the early philosophical debate on Einsteinian relativity. The essays explore the reception and interpretation of Einstein's ideas by some of the most important philosophical schools of the time, such as logical positivism (Reichenbach), neo-Kantianism (Cassirer, Natorp), critical realism (Sellars), and radical empiricism (Mach). The book is aimed at physicists and historians of science researching the epistemological implications of the theory of relativity, as well as to scholars in philosophy interested in understanding how leading philosophical figures of the early twentieth century reacted to the relativistic revolution.

List of contents

1. (Mis-)Interpretations of the Theory of Relativity - Considerations on how they Arise and how to Analyze Them (Klaus Hentschel).- 2. A Machian Interpretation of the Theory of Relativity? Joseph Petzoldt's Reading of Einstein (Chiara Russo Krauss).- 3. The End of Matter? On the Early Reception of Relativity in neo-Kantian Philosophy (Paolo Pecere).- 4. Cassirer and Klein on the Geometrical Foundations of Relativistic Physics (Francesca Biagioli).- 5. Natorp, Cassirer and the Influence of Relativity Theory on Neo-Kantian Philosophy (Luigi Laino).- 6. Coordination, Geometrization, Unification. An Overview of the Reichenbach-Einstein Debate on the Unified Field Theory Program (Marco Giovanelli).- 7. Special Relativity from the Viewpoint of R. W. Sellars' The Philosophy of Physical Realism (Matthias Neuber).

Product details

Assisted by Luigi Laino (Editor), Chiara Russo Krauss (Editor)
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 03.10.2024
 
EAN 9783031365003
ISBN 978-3-0-3136500-3
No. of pages 200
Dimensions 155 mm x 11 mm x 235 mm
Weight 336 g
Illustrations XIII, 200 p. 1 illus.
Series Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

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