Defending Einstein为爱因斯坦辩护
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作者: Hans Reichenbach著
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出版时间: 2006-7-1字数:版次: 1页数: 215印刷时间: 2006/07/01开本: 16开印次: 1纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780521859585包装: 精装编辑推荐
作者介绍:Steven Gimbel
Steven Gimbel is associate professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, where he was named Luther W. and Bernice L. Thompson Distinguished Teacher in 2005. He has contributed to Philosophy of Science, British Journal of Philosophy of Science, and Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics.
内容简介
Hans Reichenbach, a philosopher of science who was one of five students in Einstein's first seminar on the general theory of relativity, became Einstein's bulldog, defending the theory against criticism from philosophers, physicists, and popular commentators. This book chronicles the development of Reichenbach's reconstruction of Einstein's theory in a way that clearly sets out all of its philosophical commitments and its physical predictions as well as the battles that Reichenbach fought on its behalf, in both the academic and popular press. The essays include reviews and responses to philosophical colleagues, such as Moritz Schlick and Hugo Dingler; polemical discussions with physicists Max Born and D. C. Miller; as well as popular articles meant to clarify aspects of Einstein's theories and set out their philosophical ramifications for the layperson. At a time when physics and philosophy were both undergoing revolutionary changes in content and method, this book is a window into the development of scientific philosophy and the role of the philosopher.
目录
Introduction
1Review of Moritz Schlick’s General Theory of Knowledge
2Einstein’s Theory of Space
3Reply to H. Dingler’s Critique of the Theory of Relativity
4A Report on an Axiomatization of Einstein’s Theory of Space-Time
5Reply to Th. Wulf’s Objections to the General Theory of Relativity
6Einstein’s Theory of Motion
7The Theory of Relativity and Absolute Transport Time
8Reply to Anderson’s Objections to the General Theory of Relativity
9Review of Aloys Müller’s The Philosophical Problems with Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
10The Philosophical Significance of the Theory of Relativity
11Planet Clocks and Einsteinian Simultaneity
12On the Physical Consequences of the Axiomatization of Relativity
13Has the Theory of Relativity Been Refuted?
14Response to a Publication of Mr. Hj. Mellin
Index