TY - BOOK ID - 500402 TI - Philosophy in science : an historical introduction AU - Heller, Michael. AU - Szczerbinska-Polak, Magorzata. AU - Kemp, Kenneth W. AU - Kieron, Zuzanna Maslanka. PY - 2011 SN - 1283085577 9786613085573 3642177050 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - History. KW - Philosophy. KW - Methodology. KW - Scientific method KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical KW - Normal science KW - Philosophy of science KW - Philosophy of nature. KW - Philosophy (General). KW - Philosophy of Nature. KW - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. KW - History of Philosophy. KW - Nature KW - Nature, Philosophy of KW - Natural theology KW - Physics. KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:500402 AB - The traditional topics of the "philosophy of nature" — space, time, causality, the structure of the universe — are overwhelmingly present in our modern scientific theories. This book traces the complex paths that discussion of these topics has followed, from Plato and Aristotle, through Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and other great thinkers, right up to the relativistic cosmologies and the grand unified theories of contemporary science. In the light of this historical development, it becomes clear that modern science gives us not only a technological power over the world, but also a deeper understanding of physical reality. In this sense, science could be regarded as an heir to the traditional "philosophy of nature". Moreover, the reader will learn why science itself deserves to be the subject of philosophical reflection. ER -