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Paperback. Translator(s): Riska, Augustin. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
For many years, Karel Berka has worked at some of the central problems of the theory of the sciences. At once a logician, a mathematician, a careful student of the physical sciences and the social sciences, and a sharp but sympathetic critic of the major philosophies of science in this century, Berka brings to this treatise on measurement both his technical mastery and his historical sensitivity. We appreciate his careful analysis of his predecessors, notably Helmholtz, Campbell, Holder, Bridgman, Camap, Hempel, and Stevens, and of his contemporaries such as Brian Ellis and also Patrick Suppes and J. L. Zinnes. The ... Read more
For many years, Karel Berka has worked at some of the central problems of the theory of the sciences. At once a logician, a mathematician, a careful student of the physical sciences and the social sciences, and a sharp but sympathetic critic of the major philosophies of science in this century, Berka brings to this treatise on measurement both his technical mastery and his historical sensitivity. We appreciate his careful analysis of his predecessors, notably Helmholtz, Campbell, Holder, Bridgman, Camap, Hempel, and Stevens, and of his contemporaries such as Brian Ellis and also Patrick Suppes and J. L. Zinnes. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400978300
SKU
V9789400978300
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