Substance and Function & Einstein's Theory of Relativity (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0486495477
Language : English
Publisher : Dover Publications; First Edition
Publication Date : January 26, 2004
Pages : 480
In this double-volume work, a great modern philosopher propounds a system of thought in which Einstein's theory of relativity represents only the latest (albeit the most radical) fulfillment of the motives inherent to mathematics and the physical sciences. In the course of its exposition, it touches upon such topics as the concept of number, space and time, geometry, and energy; Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry; traditional logic and scientific method; mechanism and motion; Mayer's methodology of natural science; Richter's definite proportions; relational concepts and the activity of the ego; Einstein's relativity and "reality"; and the philosophical concept of truth and its role in relativity theory. 1923 edition.