00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217611272972 Buklod 20140513104741.0 m o j cr |n |||auu|a 110318s2011 xx u eng d 978-3-642-17705-7 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00217904096 DLC DML eng DMLUC BD 581 H45 2011eb Heller, Michael Philosophy in science [electronic resource] an historical introduction Michael Heller. Berlin, Heidelberg Springer 2011. 1 online resource (xi, 167p.) ill. 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. Electronic reproduction. New York Springerlink c2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. Philosophy of nature. Science Philosophy. Electronic books. SpringerLink (Online Service). Available for the University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-17705-7 FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource