Beyond the edge of certainty : essays in contemporary science and philosophy

Author(s)

• Colodny, Robert Garland

Bibliographic Information

Beyond the edge of certainty : essays in contemporary science and philosophy

edited by Robert G. Colodny

（CPS publications in philosophy of science）

University Press of America, c1983

• : pbk

Note

Reprint. Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1965. (University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science ; v. 2)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

• Newton's first law / Norwood Russell Hanson
• The origin and nature of Newton's laws of motion / Brian Ellis
• A response to Ellis's conception of Netwon's first law / Norwood Russell Hanson
• A philosopher looks at quantum mechanics / Hilary Putnam
• The thermodynamics of purpose / David Hawkins
• The physics of the large / Philip Morrison
• Problems of empiricism / Paul K. Feyerabend
• The ethical dimension of scientific research / Nicholas Rescher

Details

• NCID: BA36665949
• ISBN:
  • 0819130575
  • 0819130583
• LCCN: 83001162
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lanham, MD
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 287 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC71
  • DC19 : 530
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Physics
  • LCSH : Science -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0031122X