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Form and Strategy in Science
. Ed(S): Gregg, J.R.; Harris, F.T.C.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gregg, J.R.; Harris, F.T.C. Num Pages: 476 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 709.
Men of science are sometimes mistrustful of or at least impatient with philosophy. One of them, himself no stranger to hard thought, was one day heard to comment on his colleagues in another faculty and on their propensity to indulge in what he called "all this nonsense about thinking". Against this may perhaps be set a meeting of philosophers who decided to discuss the Second Law of Thermodynamics. When asked sardonically by a scientist whether they had disproved it, one of the philosophers replied: "No, we have concluded that it is not so much false as meaning less" . This ... Read more
Men of science are sometimes mistrustful of or at least impatient with philosophy. One of them, himself no stranger to hard thought, was one day heard to comment on his colleagues in another faculty and on their propensity to indulge in what he called "all this nonsense about thinking". Against this may perhaps be set a meeting of philosophers who decided to discuss the Second Law of Thermodynamics. When asked sardonically by a scientist whether they had disproved it, one of the philosophers replied: "No, we have concluded that it is not so much false as meaning less" . This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
Number of Pages
476
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401036054
SKU
V9789401036054
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