On the Metaphysics of Experimental Physics

K. Rogers

ISBN 10: 1403945284 / ISBN 13: 9781403945280

Verlag: SPRINGER NATURE Apr 2005, 2005

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This provocative and critical work addresses the question of why scientific realists and positivists consider experimental physics to be a natural and empirical science. Taking insights from contemporary science studies, continental philosophy, and the history of physics, this book describes and analyses the metaphysical presuppositions that underwrite the technological use of experimental apparatus and instruments to explore, model, and understand nature. By revealing this metaphysical foundation, the author questions whether experimental physics is a natural and empirical science at all. 252 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781403945280

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: On the Metaphysics of Experimental Physics
• Verlag: SPRINGER NATURE Apr 2005
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1403945284
• ISBN-13: 9781403945280
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

This provocative and critical work addresses the question of why scientific realists and positivists consider experimental physics to be a natural and empirical science. Taking insights from contemporary science studies, continental philosophy, and the history of physics, this book describes and analyses the metaphysical presuppositions that underwrite the technological use of experimental apparatus and instruments to explore, model, and understand nature. By revealing this metaphysical foundation, the author questions whether experimental physics is a natural and empirical science at all.

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KARL ROGERS studied Physics and Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. He received his PhD in the Philosophy of Science from the University of Bath, UK. He is a Research Fellow in Science Studies at Bath University and is the Co-founder of the John Dewey Center for Democracy and Education, Minneapolis.