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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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Additional Authors
  • Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925-
  • Margenau, Henry, 1901-1997
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
  • Physics > Philosophy
  • Causality (Physics)
  • Determinism (Philosophy)
  • determinism
  • Physics > Philosophy
  • Natuurkunde
  • Causaliteit
  • Determinisme
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