World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute vs. Relational Theories of Space and Time

by John Earman

Book Overview

Newton's Principia introduced conceptions of space and time that launched one of the most famous and sustained debates in the history of physics, a controversy that involves fundamental concerns in the foundations of physics, metaphysics, and scientific epistemology. This book introduces and clarifies the historical and philosophical development of the clash between Newton's absolute conception of space and Leibniz's relational one. It separates the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262050404
• ISBN13: 9780262050401
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"