Scottish philosophy and British physics, 1750-1880 : a study in the foundations of the Victorian scientific style /

Historians of science have long been intrigued by the impact of disparate cultural styles on the science of a given country and time period. Richard Olson's book is a case study in the interaction between philosophy and science as well as an examination of a particular scientific movement. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olson, Richard, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey ; London [England] : Princeton University Press, 1975.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Physics > Philosophy.
Physics > Great Britain > History.
Philosophy, Scottish.
Physique > Philosophie.
Physique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Philosophie écossaise.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Physics.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Historians of science have long been intrigued by the impact of disparate cultural styles on the science of a given country and time period. Richard Olson's book is a case study in the interaction between philosophy and science as well as an examination of a particular scientific movement. The author investigates the methodological arguments of the Common Sense philosophers Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, and William Hamilton and the possible transmission of their ideas to scientists from John Playfair to James Clerk Maxwell. His findings point out the need for modifications to t.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (359 pages)
ISBN:9781400872497
1400872499

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