Overview
- First English comprehensive contribution to one of the leading German physicists in the 19th century
- An informative account of a highly important part of the history of science and a reconstruction of a conception of science that is greatly widespread to this day
- Profound analysis of the interaction between classical physics and philosophy of nature
- New insights into the impact of Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of science and metaphysics of nature on the philosophy of physics
Part of the book series: Archimedes (ARIM, volume 17)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (9 chapters)
-
Mechanism Between the Classical and the Modern Conception of Science
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hermann von Helmholtz’s Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty
Book Subtitle: A Study on the Transition from Classical to Modern Philosophy of Nature
Editors: Gregor Schiemann
Series Title: Archimedes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5630-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5629-1Published: 09 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7413-3Published: 17 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5630-7Published: 11 December 2008
Series ISSN: 1385-0180
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0064
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 284
Topics: Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics