Îïèñàíèå: 'It's all relative'. In a world of increasing cultural diversity, where quantum physics erodes our beliefs in the laws of nature, and where the thinking habits and moral codes of remote peoples are at odds with our own, it can seem that everything is indeed relative. But are we prepared to concede that there is no such thing as right and wrong, and no objective truth? The label 'relativism' covers a variety of philosophical positions which claim that standards of truth, rationality or ethical right and wrong vary between times, places, and contexts. In Relativism, Maria Baghramian surveys the different varieties of relativism and the arguments for and against them, and examines why relativism has survived for two thousand years despite all the criticisms levelled against it. Relativism provides a historical overview of the subject, from Pythagoras to postmodernism. Baghramian covers the arguments for and against the many subdivisions of relativism: scientific, moral, conceptual,d others. She brings the debate right up to date with a look at the recent criticisms of relativism offered by Quine and Davidson, and proposes her own moderate form of pluralism which attempts to address the problems raised.
Îïèñàíèå: Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge. In addition to scrutinizing the main arguments for epistemic relativism he provides an absolutist account that nevertheless aims at integrating the relativist`s intuition.
Àâòîð: Hales, Steven D. Íàçâàíèå: Relativism & the foundations of philosop ISBN: 0262513307 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262513302 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Wiley Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 923 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: A defense of the view that philosophical propositions are true in some perspectives and false in others, arguing that the rationalist, intuition-driven method of acquiring basic beliefs favored by analytic philosophy is not epistemically superior to such alternate belief-acquiring methods as religious revelation and the ritual use of hallucinogens.
Àâòîð: Renn Íàçâàíèå: The Genesis of General Relativity ISBN: 1402039999 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781402039997 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Springer Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 78129 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity; one of the fundamental physical theories of the 20th century. It contains the direct facsimile, transcript and explanation of and comments on the Einstein Zurich Notebook as written in 1912. The research by Einstein herein forms a pivotal part of his creation of the theory of General Relativity (1915) from Special Relativity (1905) and Newton's law of gravitation. Additional sources from Einstein and others who from the late 19th to the early 20th century contributed to this monumental development sources are presented here in translation for the first time. The volumes offer detailed commentaries and analyses of these sources that are based on a close reading of these documents supplemented by interpretations by the leading historians of relativity. All in all, the facets of this work, based on more than a decade of research, combine to constitute one of the most in-depth studies of a scientific revolution ever written.
Àâòîð: Ryckman, Thomas Íàçâàíèå: Reign of relativity ISBN: 0195320182 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195320183 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Oxford Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 2817 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: Universally recognized as bringing about a transformation of the notions of space, time, and motion in physics, Einstein`s theory of gravitation, known as "general relativity," was also a defining event for 20th century philosophy of science. This book looks at the argument that the path actually taken contributed to the impasse over realism.
Àâòîð: Garc¡a-Carpintero, Manuel; K”lbel, Max Íàçâàíèå: Relative Truth ISBN: 0199234957 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199234950 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Oxford Academ Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 3623 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: Relative Truth examines a question which has become the focus of one of the liveliest debates in philosophy: whether truth is relative to standards of taste, values, or subjective informational states. Specially written papers by leading figures, together with a helpful introduction, make this book the starting-point for future work.
Àâòîð: Craig W.L. Íàçâàíèå: Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity ISBN: 0792366689 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780792366683 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Springer Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 17237 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: The larger project of which this volume forms part is an attempt to craft a coherent doctrine of divine eternity and God's relationship to time. Central to this project is the integration of the concerns of theology with the concept of time in relativity theory. Unfortunately, theologians and philosophers of religion do not in general understand Einstein's theories, whereas physicists and philosophers of science, under the influence of verificationism, have largely focused philosophical reflection on spatiotemporal concepts given by physics. There is thus a paucity of integrative literature dealing with God and relativity theory. The collapse of positivism and the rejuvenation of metaphysics have led to a renewed scrutiny of the metaphysical foundations of relativity theory and the concept(s) time found therein.This volume provides an accessible and philosophically informed examination of the concept of time in relativity, the ultimate aim being the achievement of a tenable theological synthesis.
Îïèñàíèå: Even if the subject is a long-standing one, this is the first monograph on this field. On the one hand, this book is intended to give a rather wide review on this field, both in a historical and pedagogical perspective; on the other hand, it aims at critically re-examining and discussing the most controversial issues. For instance, according to some authors the celebrated Sagnac effect is a disproval of the theory of relativity applied to rotating frames; according to others, it is an astonishing experimental evidence of the relativistic theory. In order to give the reader a deeper insight into this research field, the contributing authors discuss their opinions on the main subjects in an enthralling virtual round table: in this way, the reader can get a direct comparison of the various viewpoints on the most controversial and interesting topics. This is particularly expedient, since the differences in the various approaches are often based upon subtleties that can be understood only by a direct comparison of the underlying hypotheses.
Àâòîð: Kox A.J., Eisenstaedt Jean Íàçâàíèå: The Universe of General Relativity ISBN: 081764380X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780817643805 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Springer Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 18809 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: Based on the 6th Int`l Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002, this title offers insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science.
Îïèñàíèå: Relative Truth examines a question which has become the focus of one of the liveliest debates in philosophy: whether truth is relative to standards of taste, values, or subjective informational states. Specially written papers by leading figures, together with a helpful introduction, make this book the starting-point for future work.
Àâòîð: Petkov Vesselin Íàçâàíèå: Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World ISBN: 1402063172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781402063176 Èçäàòåëüñòâî: Springer Ðåéòèíã: Öåíà: 14649 ð. Íàëè÷èå íà ñêëàäå: Åñòü ó ïîñòàâùèêà Ïîñòàâêà ïîä çàêàç.
Îïèñàíèå: All physicists would agree that one of the most fundamental problems of the 21st century physics is the dimensionality of the world. In the four-dimensional world of Minkowski (or Minkowski spacetime) the most challenging problem is the nature of the temporal dimension. In Minkowski spacetime it is merely one of the four dimensions, which means that it is entirely given like the other three spacial dimensions. If the temporal dimension were not given in its entirety and only one constantly changing moment of it existed, Minkowski spacetime would be reduced to the ordinary three-dimensional space.But if the physical world, represented by Minkowski spacetime, is indeed four-dimensional with time being the forth dimension, then such a world is drastically different from its image based on our perceptions. Minkowski four-dimensional world is a block Universe, a frozen world in which nothing happens since all moments of time are given ‘at once', which means that physical bodies are four-dimensional worldtubes containing the whole histories in time of the three-dimensional bodies of our everyday experience. The implications of a real Minkowski world for physics itself and especially for our world view are enormous.The main focus of this volume is the question: is spacetime nothing more than a mathematical space (which describes the evolution in time of the ordinary three-dimensional world) or is it a mathematical model of a real four-dimensional world with time entirely given as the fourth dimension? It contains fourteen invited papers which either directly address the main question of the nature of spacetime or explore issues related to it.
