UID:
almahu_9949474113402882
Format:
1 online resource (229 p.)
ISBN:
9783110217209
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie , 69
Content:
This book offers a new interpretation of Hermann von Helmholtz's work on the epistemology of geometry. A detailed analysis of the philosophical arguments of Helmholtz's Erhaltung der Kraft shows that he took physical theories to be constrained by a regulative ideal. They must render nature "completely comprehensible", which implies that all physical magnitudes must be relations among empirically given phenomena. This conviction eventually forced Helmholtz to explain how geometry itself could be so construed. Hyder shows how Helmholtz answered this question by drawing on the theory of magnitudes developed in his research on the colour-space. He argues against the dominant interpretation of Helmholtz's work by suggesting that for the latter, it is less the inductive character of geometry that makes it empirical, and rather the regulative requirement that the system of natural science be empirically closed.
Note:
Habilitation Universität Konstanz 2003.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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1. Introduction --
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2. The Empirical Determination of Physical Concepts in Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science --
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3. Helmholtz on the Comprehension of Nature --
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4. Colour-theory and Manifolds --
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5. The Road to Empirical Geometry --
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6. Helmholtz on Geometry, 1868 - 1878 --
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7. Conclusion --
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Backmatter
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Philosophy 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238488
In:
DGBA Philosophy 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636949
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2009, De Gruyter, 9783110219517
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2009, De Gruyter, 9783110219524
In:
E-BOOK PAKET PHILOSOPHIE UND GESCHICHTE 2009, De Gruyter, 9783110219500
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110183917
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
DOI:
10.1515/9783110217209
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110217209
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110217209
