Symbol and Physical Knowledge
Title | Symbol and Physical Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | M. Ferrari |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2013-04-17 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3662048558 |
Introduces the problem of the symbolic structure of physics, surveys the modern history of symbols, proceeds to an epistemological discussion of the role of symbols in our knowledge of nature, and addresses key issues related to the methodology of physics and the character of its symbolic structures.
The Road to Writing
Title | The Road to Writing PDF eBook |
Author | Sue Cowley |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2012-11-02 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1441101985 |
The Road to Writing takes early years practitioners on a journey; the journey young children make when they learn their first words and make their first marks. Sue Cowley offers activities and practical advice to inspire practitioners to try a wide range of creative approaches to improve mark making in the early years. There are ideas for building finger strength and eye-to-hand coordination, activities to help children to understand the concept of symbols and signs, and strategies for building confidence in writing and reading. You can find your way through the book by following the signposts and you'll find plenty of interesting diversions along the way to develop children's key skills and motivation. This accessible book includes bulleted lists, photographs of children writing and examples of early marks to illustrate how children's communication skills develop. Sue also gives tips on getting boys engaged in writing, and there is a companion website with downloadable resources and useful links. This book is an invaluable source of inspiration for all early years practitioners and parents of children aged 3-7.
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 3
Title | The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Volume 3 PDF eBook |
Author | Ernst Cassirer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 606 |
Release | 2020-09-24 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1000001113 |
“In his Phenomenology of Cognition, Cassirer provides a comprehensive and systematic account of the dynamic process involved in the whole of human culture as it progresses from the world of myth and its feeling of social belonging to the highest abstractions of mathematics, logic and theoretical physics. Cassirer engages with the most sophisticated and cutting-edge work in fields ranging from ethnology to classics, egyptology and assyriology to ethology, brain science and psychology to logic, mathematics and theoretical physics. His command of philosophy, literature, and the arts is superb. Echoing his work on Kant, Cassirer begins The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms with the problem posed by the meaning of being for philosophy since Plato. But Cassirer also shows that this problem gains new significance with Kant and with the development of modern culture. Cassirer weaves his conception of the development of knowledge into a broadly Kantian and German idealist dynamic-historical conception of significance and of experience that refuses to accept a fundamental opposition between literary, philosophical and scientific culture. In consequence of his great vision grounded in careful reflection and argument, Cassirer’s systematic conception of the Copernican cosmopolitan-cosmological revolution is still philosophically and scientifically unmatched in contemporary philosophy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the Pacific.” Pierre Keller, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, USA. This new translation makes Cassirer’s seminal work available to a new generation of scholars. Each volume includes a translator’s introduction by Steve G. Lofts, a foreword by Peter E. Gordon, a glossary of key terms, and an index.
Language and Reality
Title | Language and Reality PDF eBook |
Author | Wilbur Marshall Urban |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 768 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1317851951 |
First published in 2002. This is Volume XV of seventeen in the Library of Philosophy series on Metaphysics. Written in 1939, this book looks at Language and Reality and the Philosophy of Language and the Principles of Symbolism and is related to the movement of Logical Positivism, initiated by Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
The Philosophy of Science of A. S. Eddington
Title | The Philosophy of Science of A. S. Eddington PDF eBook |
Author | John W. Yolton |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401510075 |
Examines A.S. Eddington’s thoughts on the philosophical implications of modern science techniques.
From Quantum to Classical
Title | From Quantum to Classical PDF eBook |
Author | Claus Kiefer |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2022-03-14 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030887812 |
Quantum theory is at the foundation of the physical description of our world. One of the people who contributed significantly to our conceptual understanding of this theory was Heinz-Dieter Zeh (1932-2018). He was the pioneer of the process of decoherence, through which the classical appearance of our world can be understood. This volume presents a collection of essays dedicated to his memory, written by distinguished scientists and scholars. They cover all aspects of the interpretation of quantum theory in general and the quantum-to-classical transition in particular. This volume provides illuminating reading to anyone seeking a deep understanding of quantum theory and its relevance to the foundations of physics.
The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism
Title | The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism PDF eBook |
Author | F. Stadler |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2006-06-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0306482142 |
This work is for scholars, researchers and students in history and philosophy of science focusing on Logical Empiricism and analytic philosophy (of science). It provides historical and systematic research and deals with the influence and impact of the Vienna Circle/Logical Empiricism on today's philosophy of science. It also explores the intellectual context of this scientific philosophy and focuses on main figures and peripheral adherents.