Albert Einstein : Philosopher-Scientist

by Schilpp, Paul Arthur

• ISBN13: 9781567314328
• ISBN10: 1567314325
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Fine Communications

Table of Contents

Frontispiece	iii
General Introduction to The Library of Living Philosophers	v
Editor's Preface	xiii
Prefatory Note to the third Edition	xvii
I. EINSTEIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
``Autobiographical Notes'' (in German, and in English Translation)	1	(95)
Albert Eistein
Facsimile of Einstein's handwriting (from his Autobiography) facing	96	(1)
II. DESCRIPTIVE AND CRITICAL ESSAYS ON THE WORK OF ALBERT EINSTEIN
``To Albert Einstein's Seventieth Birthday''	97	(10)
Arnold Sommerfeld
``The Scientific Work of Albert Einstein''	107	(22)
Louis De Broglie
``Presuppositions and Anticipations in Einstein's Physics''	129	(18)
Ilse Rosenthal Schneider
``Einstein's Contributions to Quantum Theory''	147	(14)
Wolfgang Pauli
``Einstein's Statistical Theories''	161	(18)
Max Born
``The Departure from Classical Thought in Modern Physics''	179	(20)
Walter Heitler
``Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics''	199	(44)
Niels Bohr
``Einstein's Conception of Reality''	243	(26)
H. Margenau
``Einstein, Mach, and Logical Positivism''	269	(18)
Philipp G. Frank
``The Philosophical Significance of the Theory of Relativity''	287	(26)
Hans Reichenbach
``Geometry as a Branch of Physics''	313	(20)
H. P. Robertson
``Einstein's Theories and the Operational Point of View''	333	(22)
P. W. Bridgman
``Einstein's Theory of Knowledge''	355	(30)
Victor F. Lenzen
``Einstein's Conception of Science''	385	(24)
Filmer S. C. Northrop
``Gravitation Without General Relativity''	409	(28)
E. A. Milne
``The Cosmological Constant''	437	(20)
Georges Edward Lemaitre
``Modern Geometry and the Theory of Relativity''	457	(18)
Karl Menger
``General Relativity and the Structure of Our Universe''	475	(26)
Leopold Infeld
``Intertia and Energy''	501	(34)
Max von Lauce
``Scientific and Philosophical Implications of the Special Theory of Relativity''	535	(20)
Herbert Dingle
`` A Remark About the Relationship A Between Relativity Theory and Idealistic Philosophy''	555	(8)
Kurt Godel
``The Philosophic Dialectic of the Concepts of Relativity''	563	(18)
Gaston Bachelard
``Einstein's Theory of Relativity Viewed from the Standpoint of Critical Realism, and Its Significance for Philosophy''	581	(26)
Aloys Wenzl
``Einstein's Influence on Contemporary Philosophy''	607	(40)
Andrew Paul Ushenko
``Einstein's Social Philosophy''	647	(42)
Virgil Hinshaw, Jr.
III. EINSTEIN'S REPLY
``Remarks to the Essays Appearing in this Collective Volume''	663	(26)
Albert Einstein
IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF ALBERT EINSTEIN TO MAY 1951	689	(72)
Margaret C. Shields
Preface to the Bibliography	691	(3)
``Scientific Writings''	694	(36)
``Non-Scientific Writings''	730	(17)
Interviews, Letters and Speches	747	(9)
Addenda to Bibliography	756	(2)
Supplement to Addenda to Einstein's Writings	758	(3)
Chronological List of Principal Works	759	(2)
Index	761
Surindar Suri
Keneth G. Halvorsen