Scientific Thought | A Philosophical Analysis of some of its fundament

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Scientific Thought

ABSTRACT

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |2 pages

Dedication

chapter |4 pages

PREFACE

chapter |2 pages

CONTENTS

part |2 pages

PART I THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, AND THEIR GRADUAL MODIFICATION WITHIN THE REGION OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE

chapter |15 pages

Introduction : The Subject-matter of Philosophy, and its relations to the Special Sciences

chapter I|27 pages

The Traditional Conception of Space, and the Principle of Extensive Abstraction

chapter II|32 pages

The General Problem of Time and Change

chapter III|29 pages

The Traditional Kinematics, and its gradual Modification in the Region of Physics. (1) The Absolute and the Relational Theories

chapter IV|41 pages

Modification of the Traditional Kinematics in the Region of Physics—Continued. (2) The Special Theory of Relativity

chapter V|24 pages

The Traditional Kinetics, and its gradual Modification in the Region of Physics. (1) Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravitation

chapter VI|46 pages

Modification of the Traditional Kinetics—Continued. (2) The General Theory of Relativity. Summary of Part I

part |2 pages

PART II THE SENSATIONAL AND PERCEPTUAL BASIS OF OUR SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS

chapter VII|12 pages

Matter and its Appearances ; Preliminary Definitions

chapter VIII|45 pages

The Theory of Sensa, and the Critical Scientific Theory

chapter IX|60 pages

The Positions and Shapes of Sensa and of Physical Objects

chapter X|61 pages

The Dates and Durations of Sensa and of Physical Objects and Events

chapter XI|47 pages

Sensible and Physical Motion

chapter XII|36 pages

Sensible and Physical Space-Time

chapter XIII|61 pages

The Physiological Conditions of Sensations, and the Ontological Status of Sensa