TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heller,Michael
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Philosophy in Science: An Historical Introduction 
SN  - 9783642177057
AV  - BD581 
U1  - 113 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Philosophy (General)
KW  - Philosophy of nature
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Philosophy of Nature
KW  - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
KW  - History of Philosophy
N2  - The traditional topics of the "philosophy of nature" — space, time, causality, the structure of the universe — are overwhelmingly present in our modern scientific theories. This book traces the complex paths that discussion of these topics has followed, from Plato and Aristotle, through Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and other great thinkers, right up to the relativistic cosmologies and the grand unified theories of contemporary science. In the light of this historical development, it becomes clear that modern science gives us not only a technological power over the world, but also a deeper understanding of physical reality. In this sense, science could be regarded as an heir to the traditional "philosophy of nature". Moreover, the reader will learn why science itself deserves to be the subject of philosophical reflection
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ER  -