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9780812695076

Reading Natural Philosophy Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812695076

  • ISBN10:

    0812695070

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-06-24
  • Publisher: Open Court

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Summary

In this book, 13 leading philosophers of science focus on the work of Professor Howard Stein, best known for his study of the intimate connection between philosophy and natural science. Also included is a comprehensive bibliography of Howard Stein's writings.

Table of Contents

Frontispiece
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Character of Howard Stein's Work in Philosophy and History of Physicsp. 1
Ancient and Seventeenth-Century Sciencep. 9
Noesis: Plato on Exact Sciencep. 11
From the Phenomenon of the Ellipse to an Inverse-Square Force: Why Not?p. 31
Howard Stein on Isaac Newton: Beyond Hypotheses?p. 71
Some Fruit for Howard: Descartes's Melon and Newton's Applesp. 113
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Sciencep. 127
Maxwell and "the Method of Physical Analogy": Model-based Reasoning, Generic Abstraction, and Conceptual Changep. 129
Reconsidering Ernst Mach on Space, Time, and Motionp. 167
Geometry as a Branch of Physics: Background and Context for Einstein's "Geometry and Experience"p. 193
"The Relations between Things" versus "The Things between Relations": The Deeper Meaning of the Hole Argumentp. 231
A No-Go Theorem about Rotation in Relativity Theoryp. 267
General Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematicsp. 295
Some Intellectual Obligations of Epistemological Naturalismp. 297
Maximizing and Satisficing Evidential Supportp. 315
Maximality vs. Extendability: Reflections on Structuralism and Set Theoryp. 335
Beyond Hilbert's Reach?p. 363
Bibliography of Howard Steinp. 407
Contributorsp. 411
Indexp. 415
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