Cosmos, Logos, and the Limits of Science

Following the introduction of the special and general theories of relativity and development of consequent cosmological models, the extent to which time and space play a starkly abstract role in physics has become more and more apparent. We examine here whether the full force of such abstract charac...

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Autor principal: Valenza, Robert J. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: University of Illinois Press 2007
En: Process studies
Año: 2007, Volumen: 36, Número: 2, Páginas: 198-214
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:Following the introduction of the special and general theories of relativity and development of consequent cosmological models, the extent to which time and space play a starkly abstract role in physics has become more and more apparent. We examine here whether the full force of such abstract characterizations comes ultimately into opposition with the practice of science and implies some hard limitations on the scope of scientific discourse.
ISSN:2154-3682
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Process studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/44799031