Mind and Nature : Selected Writings on Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics /

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Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, as well as a seminal figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was also an eloquent writer with a lifelong interest in the philosophical implications of the startling new sci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955
Other Authors: Pesic, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Physics > Philosophy.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Physique > Philosophie.
Mathematiques > Philosophie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Electricity and gravitation (1921)
  • Two letters by Einstein and Weyl on a metaphysical question (1922)
  • Time relations in the cosmos, proper time, lived time, and metaphysical time (1927)
  • The open world : three lectures on the metaphysical implications of science (1932)
  • Mind and nature (1934)
  • Address at the Princeton Bicentennial Conference (1946)
  • Man and the foundations of science (ca. 1949)
  • The unity of knowledge (1954)
  • Insight and reflection (1955)
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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