Hermann von Helmholtz’s Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty
A Study on the Transition from Classical to Modern Philosophy of Nature
Seiten
2008
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-5629-1 (ISBN)
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-5629-1 (ISBN)
Focusing on Hermann von Helmholtz, this study addresses one of the nineteenth century’s most important German natural scientists. Among his most well-known contributions to science are the invention of the ophthalmoscope and grou- breaking work towards formulating the law of the conservation of energy. The volume of his work, reaching from medicine to physiology to physics and epis- mology, his impact on the development of the sciences far beyond German borders, and the contribution he made to the organization and popularization of research, all established Helmholtz’s prominence both in the academic world and in public cultural life. Helmholtz was also one of the last representatives of a conception of nature that strove to reduce all phenomena to matter in motion. In reaction to the increasingly insurmountable difficulties that program had in fulfilling its own standards for s- entific explanation, he developed elements of a modern understanding of science that have remained of fundamental importance to this day.
Mechanism Between the Classical and the Modern Conception of Science.- The Conception of Mechanism.- The Classical Conception of Science.- Three Traditions in Mechanism.- Contours of Modern Philosophy of Nature.- Helmholtz's Mechanism at the Dawn of Modernity.- Helmholtz, a Bildungsbürger, Scientist, and Research Strategist.- Helmholtz’s Classical Mechanism.- The Hypothetization of Helmholtz’s Mechanism.- Conditions and Causes for the Change in Helmholtz’s Conception of Science and Nature.
Reihe/Serie | Archimedes ; 17 |
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Übersetzer | Cynthia Klohr |
Zusatzinfo | X, 284 p. |
Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | Helmholtz, Hermann von |
ISBN-10 | 1-4020-5629-X / 140205629X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-5629-1 / 9781402056291 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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