Geometry and Chronometry in Philosophical Perspective

Adolf Grunbaum

ISBN 10: 0816604908 / ISBN 13: 9780816604906

Published by University of Minnesota Press, 1968

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minnesota archive editions edition. 392 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.98 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geometry and Chronometry in Philosophical Perspective
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication Date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816604908
• ISBN 13: 9780816604906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.67 kilograms

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Synopsis

Geometry and Chronometry in Philosophical Perspective was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

In this volume Professor Grünbaum substantially extends and comments upon his essay "Geometry, Chronometry, and Empiricism," which was first published in Volume III of the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Commenting on the essay when it first appeared J. J. C. Smart wrote in Mind (England): "In my opinion Adolf Grünbaum's paper ... supersedes nearly all that has been written on the logical status of physical geometry and chronometry." The full text of the essay is given here with the author's extension of it and his discussion of some of the critical comment it has evoked, particularly, a critique published by Hilary Putnam.

Adolph Grünbaum is Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and the current president of the Philosophy of Science Association.

About the Author

Adolf Grunbaum is the Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh and chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science.