Overview
- Focuses on the deep relationship between philosophical concepts and modern scientific theory
- Traces the complex historical paths along which basic concepts of the natural world have evolved
- Written by an esteemed philosopher and author, who is also the winner of the 2008 Templeton Prize
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Book Title: Philosophy in Science
Book Subtitle: An Historical Introduction
Authors: Michael Heller
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17705-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Michael Heller, 2001 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-17704-0Published: 23 March 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44651-1Published: 04 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-17705-7Published: 19 March 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 167
Topics: Philosophy of Nature, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, History of Philosophy