TheConceptofNature:TarnerLectures
- 作者
- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 1920年1月
- ISBN 9780521092456
- 定价 343.90
内容简介
Thisbook,adevelopmentofhisTarnerLecturesgivenin1919,isoneofAlfredNorthWhitehead'smostimportantcontributionstonaturalphilosophy.Hisfirstconcerniswiththefundamentalproblemsofsubstance,space,andtime;andthemostinterestingpartofhisdiscussionis,perhaps,hiscriticismofEinstein'smethodofinterpretingresults,andthealternativedevelopmentofhisownwell-knowntheoryofthefour-dimensional'Space-Timemanifold'.Althoughthisbookwasfirstpublishedoveragenerationago,andthecharacteristicapproachofphilosopherstotheproblemsofnaturehaschangedconsiderablyintheinterveningperiod,TheConceptofNaturehasneverceasedtodeservetheircarefulattention.Whenthebookfirstappeared,A.E.Taylor,writinginMind,said'TheConceptofNatureisagreatcontributiontoNaturphilosophie,farthefinestcontribution,inmyownjudgement,yetmadebyanyoneman';J.E.McTaggartinTheCambridgeReviewcalledit'oneofthemostvaluablebooksontherelationofphilosophyandsciencewhichhasappearedformanyyears',adding'Iamsurethestudyofthisbookwillbenefitmetaphysicians.Iventuretobelievethatitwillbenefitmenofscience.'
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