hd

Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer High quality books Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer By:Francesca Biagioli Published on 2016-08-22 by Springer This book offers a reconstruction of the debate on non-Euclidean geometry in neo-Kantianism between the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. Kant famously characterized space and time as a priori forms of intuitions, which lie at the foundation of mathematical knowledge. The success of his philosophical account of space was due not least to the fact that Euclidean geometry was widely considered to be a model of certainty at his time. However, such later scientific developments as non-Euclidean geometries and Einstein’s general theory of relativity called into question the certainty of Euclidean geometry and posed the problem of reconsidering space as an open question for empirical research. The transformation of the concept of space from a source of know...

Space, Time, and Geometry High quality books Space, Time, and Geometry By:Patrick Suppes Published on 1973-12-31 by Springer Science & Business Media The articles in this volume have been stimulated in two different ways. More than two years ago the editor of Synthese, laakko Hintikka, an nounced a special issue devoted to space and time, and articles were solicited. Part of the reason for that announcement was also the second source of papers. Several years ago I gave a seminar on special relativity at Stanford, and the papers by Domotor, Harrison, Hudgin, Latzer and myself partially arose out of discussion in that seminar. All of the papers except those of Griinbaum, Fine, the second paper of Friedman, and the paper of Adams appeared in a special double issue of Synthese (24 (1972), Nos. 1-2). I am pleased to have been able to add the four additional papers mentioned in making the special issue a volume in the Synthese Library. Of these four additional articles, only the one by F...

Meditations of First Philosophy High quality books Meditations of First Philosophy By:Rene Descartes Published on 2006-01-01 by ReadHowYouWant.com One of the most outstanding books ever written on philosophy. It touches the questions of God and the human soul logically and seeks truth in science. This literary piece of art is written with a distinct and carefully chosen voice of narrator which leads the reader through the meditation. Magnificent and incredible! This Book was ranked at 12 by Google Books for keyword Geometry. Book ID of Meditations of First Philosophy's Books is dP4S9PXZ2JIC, Book which was written byRene Descarteshave ETAG "1ot6uko7vVU" Book which was published by ReadHowYouWant.com since 2006-01-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781442936768 and ISBN 10 Code is 1442936762 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have " Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryPhilosophy This Book was rated by Rater...

The Consistency of Arithmetic High quality books The Consistency of Arithmetic By:Storrs McCall Published on 2014 by Oxford University Press (UK) This volume contains six new and fifteen previously published essays -- plus a new introduction -- by Storrs McCall. Some of the essays were written in collaboration with E. J. Lowe of Durham University. The essays discuss controversial topics in logic, action theory, determinism and indeterminism, and the nature of human choice and decision. Some construct a modern up-to-date version of Aristotle's bouleusis, practical deliberation. This process of practical deliberation is shown to be indeterministic but highly controlled and the antithesis of chance. Others deal with the concept of branching four-dimensional space-time, explain non-local influences in quantum mechanics, or reconcile God's omniscience with human free will. The eponymous first essay contains the proof of a fact that in 1931 Kurt Godel had claimed to be unprovable, na...

The Arithmetic of Life and Death High quality books The Arithmetic of Life and Death By:George Shaffner Published on 2010-12-15 by Ballantine Books Whether you realize it or not, numbers are everywhere--and integral to almost every facet of your life . . . from your next raise in pay to the inevitable rise of inflation, your weekly family budget to your end of the national debt. And as George Shaffner amazingly reveals, there are discerning answers (and a great measure of comfort) in numbers. In The Arithmetic of Life, he applies the basic principles of mathematics--addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division--to some of the most profound and just plain puzzling questions of our time. Illuminated with anecdotes, humor, and insight, each chapter explains a unique part of life that can be understood only through the magic of numbers. Whether it's an unconventional theory on why more things go wrong than right, a simple calculation of how much it will cost you to smoke for a l...