Protophysics of Time
Kluwer Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-90-277-0724-6 (ISBN)
I / On the Problem of Chronometry in the Present-Day Theory of Science.- 1. Introduction: Establishment of a Reference to Known Positions in the Theory of Science.- 2. Affirmative Theory of Science and the Language of Physics.- 3. The Affirmative Theory of Measurement.- 4. Affirmative Explanations of the Choice of the Time Standard.- II / On the Method of Physics.- 1. Preliminary Remarks.- 2. Method as a Validity Criterion. On the Foundational Theory of Hugo Dingler.- 3. Logic and Protophysics. On the Foundational Theory of Paul Lorenzen.- 4. On the Method of Physics.- 5. On the Criticism of Protophysics.- III / Chronometry.- 1. What Purpose Shall Time-Measurement Serve?.- 2. Moved Bodies.- 3. Comparisons of Motion.- 4. Forms of Motion.- IV / On a History of Chronometry.- 1. Preliminary Remarks: Terminological Distinction of Practical and Theoretical Chronometry.- 2. The Development of Chronology.- 3. Short History of the Water Clock.- 4. Short History of Mechanical Escapement Clocks.- 5. The Principles of Clock Construction.- 6. Time Theories.- Notes.- References.- Name Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.1985 |
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Reihe/Serie | Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 30 |
Zusatzinfo | XXVI, 241 p. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik | |
ISBN-10 | 90-277-0724-3 / 9027707243 |
ISBN-13 | 978-90-277-0724-6 / 9789027707246 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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