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Explore how science builds knowledge from logic to physics in this comprehensive study.
In Problems of Science, Federigo Enriques presents a sweeping view of scientific method that ties together geometry, logic, mechanics, and the life sciences. The book blends historical development with critical analysis, showing how ideas evolve and how theories are tested against observation.
- See how non-Euclidean geometries prompted a rethinking of space and mathematical truth.
- Explore how the extension of mechanics links physical laws to broader scientific understandings.
- Learn how experiments, measurements, and logical principles guide the acceptance or revision of theories.
- Follow the historical and philosophical thread that unites different scientific disciplines into a coherent view of knowledge.
Ideal for readers of philosophy of science, mathematics, and the history of scientific ideas.
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JOSIAH ROYCE (1855a1916) is one of the central figures in American Philosophy. Fordham has reissued the two-volume edition of his "Basic Writings", edited by John J. McDermott.
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