World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute vs. Relational Theories of Space and Time

by John Earman

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Newton's Principia introduced conceptions of space and time that launched one of the most famous and sustained debates in the history of physics, a controversy that involves fundamental concerns in the foundations of physics, metaphysics, and scientific epistemology. This book introduces and clarifies the historical and philosophical development of the clash between Newton's absolute conception of space and Leibniz's relational one. It separates the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262050404

ISBN13:9780262050401

Release Date:January 1989

Publisher:MIT Press (MA)

Length:233 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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