Philosophical Problems of Space and Time: Second, Enlarged Edition: 12 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 12)

Grünbaum, Adolf

ISBN 10: 9027703574 / ISBN 13: 9789027703576

Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1973

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1650grams, ISBN:9027703574.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philosophical Problems of Space and Time: Second, Enlarged Edition: 12 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 12)
• Publisher: D. Reidel Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027703574
• ISBN 13: 9789027703576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1650 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

It is ten years since Adolf Griinbaum published the first edition of this book. It was promptly recognized to be one of the few major works in the philosophy of the natural sciences of this generation. In part, this is so because Griinbaum has chosen a problem basic both to philosophy and to the natural sciences - the nature of space and time; and in part, this is so because he so admirably exemplifies that Aristotelian devotion to the intimate and mutual dependence of actual science and philosophical understanding. More than this, however, the quality of his work derives from his achievement in combining detail with scope. The problems of space and time have been among the most difficult in contemporary and classical thought, and Griinbaum has been responsible to the full depth and complexity of these difficulties. This revised and enlarged second edition is a work in progress, in the tradition of reflective analysis of modern science of such figures as Ehrenfest and Reichenbach. In publishing this work among the Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, we hope to contribute to and encourage that broad tradition of natural philosophy which is marked by the close collaboration of philoso­ phers and scientists. To this end, we have published the proceedings of our Colloquia, of meetings and conferences here and abroad, as well as the works of single authors.