Creative understanding : philosophical reflections on physics / Roberto Torretti.

By:

Torretti, Roberto, 1930-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 369 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226807829
0226807827
1283058634
9781283058636
9786613058638
6613058637

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Creative understanding.DDC classification:

530/.01 22

LOC classification:

QC6 .T653 1990eb

Other classification:

UB 6000

Online resources:

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Contents:

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

Summary: "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

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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