Torretti, Roberto, 1930-

Creative understanding philosophical reflections on physics / [electronic resource] : Roberto Torretti. - University of Chicago Press, 1990. - 1 online resource (xvi, 369 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-356) and index.

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Observation; 2. Concepts; 3. Theories; 4. Probability; 5. Necessity; Notes; References; Index.

& Quot;A pleasure to read. Gracefully written by a scholar well grounded in the relevant philosophical, historical, and technical background. ... a helpfully clarifying review and analysis of some issues of importance to recent philosophy of science and a source of some illuminating insights."--Burke Townsend, Philosophy of Science.

9780226807829 (electronic bk.) 0226807827 (electronic bk.)


Physics--Philosophy.
Physics--Methodology.
Methodology.
Philosophy.
Physics.
Science.
SCIENCE--Physics.
Physique--Philosophie.
Physique--Méthodologie.
Physikalische Theorie.
Philosophie.

Physics Philosophy


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

QC6 / .T653 1990eb

530/.01