Scottish Philosophy and British Physics, 1740-1870
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1st Baron Kelvin
3rd Baron Rayleigh
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
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American Journal of Physics
Analogy
Annals of Philosophy
Atomic theory
Atomism
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Baconian method
Basic research
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Christian Wolff (philosopher)
Continental philosophy
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Critical philosophy
David Brewster
David Hume
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Electrostatic generator
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Ernst Mach
Experimental philosophy
Experimentum crucis
First principle
Fluid theory of electricity
Foundations of mathematics
German philosophy
Hamilton's principle
History and philosophy of science
Hypothesis
Immanuel Kant
J. J. Thomson
James Clerk Maxwell
John Playfair
John Robison (physicist)
John William Strutt
Joseph Fourier
Joseph Priestley
Kinetic theory of gases
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Ludwig Boltzmann
Luminiferous aether
Materialism
Mathematics
Models of scientific inquiry
Natural philosophy
Natural theology
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Newton's rings
Occam's razor
Oliver Lodge
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Philosopher
Philosophical theory
Philosophy
Philosophy of mathematics
Philosophy of science
Phrenology
Physical chemistry
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Pythagoreanism
Reason
Science
Scientific method
Scientific theory
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Second law of thermodynamics
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The Philosopher
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Theoretical physics
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Theory of heat
Thomas Kuhn
Two New Sciences
William Thomson
Product details
- ISBN 9780691617947
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 08 Mar 2015
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Historians of science have long been intrigued by the impact of disparate cultural styles on the science of a given country and time period. Richard Olson's book is a case study in the interaction between philosophy and science as well as an examination of a particular scientific movement. The author investigates the methodological arguments of the Common Sense philosophers Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, and William Hamilton and the possible transmission of their ideas to scientists from John Playfair to James Clerk Maxwell. His findings point out the need for modifications to the Duhem-Poincare interpretation of British scientific style and the reassessment of the extent of Kantian influence on British physics. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
