Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 493 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139878548
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Physical sciences
Content:
First published in 1892, this important work by the mathematician Karl Pearson (1857–1936) presents a thoroughly positivist account of the nature of science. Pearson claims that 'the scientific method is the sole gateway to the whole region of knowledge', rejecting additional fields of inquiry such as metaphysics. He also emphasises that science can, and should, describe only the 'how' of phenomena and never the 'why'. A scholar of King's College, Cambridge, and later a professor at King's College and University College London, Pearson made significant contributions to the philosophy of science. Including helpful chapter summaries, this book explores in detail a number of scientific concepts, such as matter, energy, space and time. The work influenced such thinkers as Albert Einstein, who considered it to be essential reading when he created his study group, the Olympia Academy, at the age of twenty-three
Content:
Preface -- 1. Introductory -- 2. The facts of science -- 3. The scientific law -- 4. Cause and effect. Probability -- 5. Space and time -- 6. The geometry of motion -- 7. Matter -- 8. The laws of motion -- 9. Life -- 10. The classification of the sciences -- Appendix -- Index
Note:
Includes index
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Originally published in 1892
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108077118
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108077118
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139878548
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139878548
Author information:
Pearson, Karl 1857-1936
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