Particles and Waves by Achinstein
This volume brings together six published and two new essays by the noted philosopher of science, Peter Achinstein. It represents the culmination of his examination of methodological issues that arise in nineteenth-century physics. He focuses on the philosophical problem of how, if at all, is it possible to confirm scientific hypotheses that postulate `unobservables' such as light waves, molecules, and electrons? This question is one that not only was of great interest to nineteenth-century physicists and methodologists, but continues to occupy philosophers of science up to the present day.
a terrific workRarely has such outstanding history of science been coupled with such subtle and penetrating philosophical analysis ... Particles and Waves deploys the analytical rigor Achinstein is justly famous for. * Frederick Suppe, University of Maryland *
Peter Achinstein is Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for History and Philosophy of Science, and Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein University Professor at Yeshiva University. He is the author of six books in the philosophy of science, including
Particles and Waves, which received the Lakatos Award in 1993. A festschrift in his honor, Philosophy of Science Matters: The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195067552 |
| ISBN 10 | 019506755X |
| Title | Particles and Waves |
| Author | Achinstein |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1992-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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