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Torretti, Roberto, 1930-

Creative understanding : philosophical reflections on physics / Roberto Torretti. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990. - 1 online resource (xvi, 369 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-356) and index.

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Observation; 2. Concepts; 3. Theories; 4. Probability; 5. Necessity; Notes; References; Index.

"A pleasure to read. Gracefully written by a scholar well grounded in the relevant philosophical, historical, and technical background. ... a helpfully clarifying review and analysis of some issues of importance to recent philosophy of science and a source of some illuminating insights."--Burke Townsend, Philosophy of Science


English.

ISBN: 9780226807829 (electronic bk.) 0226807827 (electronic bk.) 1283058634 9781283058636 9786613058638 6613058637

Standard No.: 10.7208/9780226807829 doi

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physics--Philosophy.
Physics--Methodology.
Physique--Philosophie.
Physique--Méthodologie.
SCIENCE--Physics.
Physics--Methodology.
Physics--Philosophy.
Physikalische Theorie
Philosophie
Physique--Philosophie.
Physique--Méthodologie.

Subjects--Index Terms: Physics Philosophy

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QC6 / .T653 1990eb

Dewey Class. No.: 530/.01