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Determinism and indeterminism in modern physics : historical and systematic studies of the problem of causality
- Title
- Determinism and indeterminism in modern physics : historical and systematic studies of the problem of causality / by Ernst Cassirer ; translated by O. Theodor Benfey ; with a preface by Henry Margenau.
- Author
- Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1956.
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- Description
- xxiv, 227 pages; 24 cm
- Uniform Title
- Determinismus und Indeterminismus in der modernen Physik. English
- Alternative Title
- Determinismus und Indeterminismus in der modernen Physik.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 214-216.
- Contents
- pt. I. Historical introduction. The "Laplacean spirit" -- Metaphysical and critical determinism -- pt. II. The causality principle in classical physics. The basic types of statements in physics: statements of the results of measurements -- Statements of laws -- Statements of principles -- The general principle of causality -- pt. III. Causality and probability. Dynamic and statistical conformity to law -- The logical character of statistical statements -- pt. IV. The problem of causality in quantum theory. The foundations of quantum theory and the uncertainty relations -- The history and epistemology of the concept of the atom -- pt. V. Causality and continuity. The principle of continuity in classical physics -- The problem of the "material point" -- Concluding remarks and implications for ethics.
- ISBN
- 0300003471
- 9780300003475
- LCCN
- 56010870
- OCLC
- ocm00568572
- 568572
- SCSB-1901987
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library