Research Catalog

Title

Whitehead and the measurement problem of cosmology / Gary L. Herstein.

Author

Herstein, Gary L.

Publication

Frankfurt : Ontos, 2006.

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Description

215 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Process thought ; v. 5

Uniform Title

Process thought ; v. 5.

Subject

• Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947
• Cosmology > Measurement
• Relativity (Physics)
• Cosmological distances > Measurement

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. measurement problem of cosmology -- I. logical problem with cosmological measurements -- II. Process thought and Whitehead's philosophy of nature -- III. Logic and inquiry -- App. Who's afraid of differential geometry? -- Ch. 2. Chaos, confusion and cosmology -- I. outline of relativity theory -- II. Cosmology before 1960 -- III. contemporary scene in cosmology -- Ch. 3. Metrical theories vs. theories of measurement -- I. Structures of metrical theories -- II. Comparing metrical theories -- III. What is measurement? -- Ch. 4. nature of nature -- I. Routes to a theory of measurement -- II. Times, durations, and spaces -- III. Extensive abstraction and ideal limits -- IV. Contemporary developments -- Ch. 5. Nuts and bolts -- I. Symbolizing relationships -- II. Whitehead's theor(ies) of gravity -- III. Evaluating Whitehead's theory -- Ch. 6. big(ger) picture -- I. Why should a physicist listen to a philosopher? -- II. Confronting the measurement problem of cosmology -- III. Maximally symmetric spaces -- IV. Conclusion : looking back and looking ahead.

ISBN

3937202951

OCLC

• 68629539
• SCSB-12100111

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library