Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science / / Hermann Weyl.
When mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts of conscience"--the objective nature of science, he felt, did not mesh easily with the incredulous, uncertain nature of philosophy. Yet the two disciplines were already intertw...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- Part One. Mathematics
- CHAPTER I Mathematical Logic, Axiomatics
- CHAPTER II Number and Continuum, the Infinite
- CHAPTER III Geometry
- Part Two. Natural Science
- CHAPTER I Space and Time, the Transcendental External World
- CHAPTER II Methodology
- CHAPTER III The Physical Picture of the World
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX A The Structure of Mathematics
- APPENDIX B Ars Combinatoria
- APPENDIX C: Quantum Physics and Causality
- APPENDIX D Chemical Valence and the Hierarchy of Structures
- APPENDIX E Physics and Biology
- APPENDIX F The Main Features of the Physical World; Morphe and Evolution
- Index