Determinism and indeterminism in modern physics : historical and systematic studies of the problem of causality /
| Основен автор: | Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English German |
| Публикувано: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
1956.
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| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Determinism and indeterminism in modern physics. |
Съдържание:
- pt. I. Historical introduction. The "Laplacean spirit"
- Metaphysical and critical determinism
- pt. II. The causality principle in classical physics. The basic types of statements in physics: statements of the results of measurements
- Statements of laws
- Statements of principles
- The general principle of causality
- pt. III. Causality and probability. Dynamic and statistical conformity to law
- The logical character of statistical statements
- pt. IV. The problem of causality in quantum theory. The foundations of quantum theory and the uncertainty relations
- The history and epistemology of the concept of the atom
- pt. V. Causality and continuity. The principle of continuity in classical physics
- The problem of the "material point"
- Concluding remarks and implications for ethics.