The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics / / J. B. Stallo; ed. by Percy W. Bridgman.

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• VerfasserIn: Stallo, J. B.,
• HerausgeberIn: Bridgman, Percy W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: The John Harvard Library ; 70
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- I. INTRODUCTORY -- II. FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE -- III. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE EQUAL -- IV. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY HARD AND INELASTIC -- V. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY INERT -- VI. THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL POTENTIAL ENERGY IS IN REALITY KINETIC – EVOLUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY -- VII. THE THEORY OF THE ATOMIC CONSTITUTION OF MATTER -- VIII. THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES – CONDITIONS OF THE VALIDITY OF SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES -- IX. THE RELATION OF THOUGHTS TO THINGS – THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS – METAPHYSICAL THEORIES -- Χ. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND RADICAL ERRORS OF METAPHYSICS -- XI. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE THIRD RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS -- XII. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FOURTH RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS -- XIII. THE THEORY OF THE ABSOLUTE FINITUDE OF THE WORLD AND OF SPACE – THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM OF MATERIAL EXISTENCE AS A NECESSARY COMPLEMENT TO THE ASSUMPTION OF THE ATOM AS ITS ABSOLUTE MINIMUM – ONTOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS – THE REIFICATION OF SPACE – MODERN TRANSCENDENTAL GEOMETRY – NON-HOMALOIDAL (SPHERICAL AND PSEUDO–SPHERICAL) SPACE -- XIV. METAGEOMETRICAL SPACE IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN ANALYSIS – RIEMANN’S ESSAY -- XV. COSMOLOGIC AL AND COSMOGENETIC SPECULATIONS – THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS -- XVI. CONCLUSION -- INDEX OF NAMES -- Backmatter