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When mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts of conscience"--the objective nature of science, he felt, did not mesh easily with the incredulous, uncertain nature of philosophy. Yet the two disciplines were already intertw...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weyl, Hermann (Autor)
Otros Autores: Wilczek, Frank, Wilgzek, Frank (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Science > Philosophy.
MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
  • Part One. Mathematics
  • CHAPTER I Mathematical Logic, Axiomatics
  • CHAPTER II Number and Continuum, the Infinite
  • CHAPTER III Geometry
  • Part Two. Natural Science
  • CHAPTER I Space and Time, the Transcendental External World
  • CHAPTER II Methodology
  • CHAPTER III The Physical Picture of the World
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX A The Structure of Mathematics
  • APPENDIX B Ars Combinatoria
  • APPENDIX C: Quantum Physics and Causality
  • APPENDIX D Chemical Valence and the Hierarchy of Structures
  • APPENDIX E Physics and Biology
  • APPENDIX F The Main Features of the Physical World; Morphe and Evolution
  • Index

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