Figuring Space

Gilles Chatelet (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

231 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-5287-2 (ISBN)

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In Figuring Space Gilles Chatelet seeks to capture the problem of intuition of mobility in philosophy, mathematics and physics. This he does by means of virtuality and intensive quantities (Oresme, Leibniz), wave-particle duality and perspective diagrams, philosophy of nature and Argand's and Grassman's geometric discoveries and, finally, Faraday's, Maxwell's and Hamilton's electrophilosophy. This tumultuous relationship between mathematics, physics and philosophy is presented in terms of a comparison between intuitive practices and Discursive practices. The following concepts are treated in detail: The concept of virtuality; thought experiments; diagrams; special relativity; German Naturphilosophie and 'Romantic' science. Readership: The book does not require any considerable mathematical background, but it does insist that the reader quit the common instrumental conception of language. It will interest professional philosophers, mathematicians, physicists, and even younger scientists eager to understand the 'unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics'.

Introduction. One: The Enchantment of the Virtual. Two: The Screen, the Spectrum and the Pendulum. Three: The Force of Ambiguity: Dialectical Balances. Four: Grassmann's Capture of the Extension Geometry and Dialectic. Five: Electrogeometric Space. Appendix I: Note on Quaternions. Appendix II: Note on Hamilton's astronomical example. Appendix III: Hamilton's operator.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Science and Philosophy ; 8
Zusatzinfo	12 black & white illustrations, biography
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	90-481-5287-9 / 9048152879
ISBN-13	978-90-481-5287-2 / 9789048152872
Zustand	Neuware