The Scientist as Philosopher
dc.contributor.author | Weinert, Friedel | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-06-25T13:14:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-06-25T13:14:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-01-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Weinert F (2005) The scientist as philosopher. Berlin: Springer. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10454/2852 | |
dc.description | No | en |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines how such fundamental notions as causality and determinism have undergone changes as a direct result of empirical discoveries. Although such notions are often regarded as metaphysical or a priori concepts, experimental discoveries at the beginning of this century¿radioactive decay, blackbody radiation and spontaneous emission-led to a direct questioning of the notions of causality and determinism. Experimental evidence suggests that these two notions must be separated. Causality and indeterminism are compatible with the behavior of quantum-mechanical systems. The argument also sheds some light on the Duhem-Quine thesis, since experimental results at the periphery of the conceptual scheme directly affect conceptions at the very core. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.isreferencedby | http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783540205807 | en |
dc.subject | Science | en |
dc.subject | ; Philosophy | en |
dc.subject | ; Causation | en |
dc.subject | ; Quantum theory | en |
dc.subject | ; Special theory of relativity | en |
dc.subject | ; Time | en |
dc.title | The Scientist as Philosopher | en |
dc.status.refereed | Yes | en |
dc.type | Book | en |
dc.type.version | No full-text available in the repository | en |