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Boris Hessen and Philosophy

Sean Winkler

2022

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3: Modern Physics S. 53-83

„… 53Chapter ThreeModern PhysicsIn this third chapter,1 I will proceed by showing how Boris Hessen …” „… of modern physics.NOTES1. This chapter contains passages from my “Individuals and Collectives in the …” „… modern physics (i.e., quantum mechanics and relativity theory). Philosophers and scientists were not …”

2: Idealism and Materialism S. 23-52

„… Horace Lamb’s assessments of Newton’s legacy in light of the crisis of physics in the early twentieth …” „… Newtonian physics in particular, are the result of changes found in the socioeconomic and technological …” „… subthesis 1, “The Economics, Technology and Physics of Newton’s Era/The Physical Themes of the Era and the …”

4: A Pantheon of Great Ideas S. 84-101

„… Boris Hessen’s Manuscripts and Documents on the History of Physics (hereafter, Manu-scripts) bring our …” „… Hessen’s argument in the Manuscripts for the root of classical phys-ics in the socioeconomic development …” „… nineteenth- century clas-sical physics (Ampere, Faraday, Maxwell, von Helmholtz, Boltzmann, Calvin) showed …”

Energy S. 120-136

„… between mechanical E. and other types, which was of great importance in the history of physics.“Motion, as …” „… importance to all of modern physics.One of the most important consequences of the inertia of E. is so- called …” „… numerical value. In physics, E. is usually defined as the ability to accomplish work. This definition does …”

Bibliography S. 157-168

„… : 87–102.———. 2020 [1930]. “Materialist Dialectics and Modern Physics: Abstracts of the Report at the First …” „… Boris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927–1931; Neglected Debates on Emergence and …” „… Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927–1931; Neglected Debates on Emergence and …”

Index S. 169-178

„… physics. See Newtonian physicsPlanck, M., 132Planck’s term, 121, 128Plato, on reality, 97–98Plekhanov …” „… , Lazare, 70, 122, 139–40Carnot Cycle, 140Cartesian physics, 27–29causality: dynamical and statistical laws …” „… physics, 26–28, 32–33; on practice, 14–15, 40–41; on quantum mechanics, 59–66; on Reichenbach, 85–86; on …”

Ether S. 117-119

„… 117EtherB. M. Hessen[16] ETHER1 (phys.), in classical physics, is a special continuous medium in …” „… electrodynamics of moving bodies led classical physics to view E. as a medium that is not carried away by any …” „… physics and although general relativity theory was forced to once again restore ether as a carrier of …”

Preface S. i-xiv

„… PhysicsSean WinklerROWMAN & LITTLEFIELDLanham • Boulder • New York • LondonPublished by Rowman & LittlefieldAn …” „… Modern Physics, Sean WinklerBoris Hessen and PhilosophyThe Socioeconomic Roots of Classical and Modern …” „… viiIntroduction ix1 Practice and Ideology 12 Idealism and Materialism 233 Modern Physics 534 A Pantheon of Great …”

Space S. 114-116

„… problem of space- time in physics.Newton’s metaphysical theory only came to be revised with the appearance …” „… .[950] S. in physics. Classical physics adopted Newton’s concept of S., which he formulated in his main …” „… theory was adopted in the mechanical worldview, which prevailed in physics until the beginning of the 20 …”

Postscript S. 106-113

„… a series of topics from contemporary physics: “Space,”1 “Ether,”2 “Energy,”3 “Entropy,”4 “The …” „… physics section,37 a position which he would hold until his execution in 1936.38 Further research must be …” „… conventional summary of Einstein’s biographical details, as well as an account of his contributions to physics …”

Einstein S. 153-156

„… radical change in the basic views on space and time led to the transformation of all of physics in general …” „… , and, among other things, all the phenomena of electrodynamics, for which classical physics until then …” „… ” relativity theory left certain firmly entrenched contradictions of classical physics unresolved, such as the …”

Conclusion S. 102-105

„… reading of Hessen’s effort to apply dialectical materialism to modern physics, via quantum mechanics and …” „… Encyclopedia and Manuscripts and Docu-ments on the History of Physics. Though Hessen’s oeuvre stands as one of …” „… technological progress that ushered in classical and modern physics, he offers a way of understanding how social …”

1: Practice and Ideology S. 1-22

„… philosophy pertaining to physics is traceable to practical problems related to the development of the machine …” „… theoretical content of Newton’s physics did not go beyond practical problems related to the development of the …” „… theory, the problems of the ether, waves and particles in physics, the problem of heredity and …”

Entropy S. 137-150

„… physics, E. is understood as the measure of that transition of various forms of energy into thermal energy …”

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The Thinker's Guide to Scientific Thinking

Richard Paul, Linda Elder

2019

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The Logic of Physics S. 45

„… Physicse Goal of Physics is to discover the physical forces, interactions, and properties of matter …” „… , light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the constitution of matter. Physics conducts its study of the …” „… , as a result of advances in physics, carries with it important implications for quality of life in …”

A Critical Approach to Scientific Thinking S. 61-62

„… study, few college physics students could correctly answer the question, “What happens to a piece of …” „… paper thrown out of a moving car’s window?” They reverted to a naïve version of physics inconsistent …” „… with what they learned in school; they used Aristotelian rather than Newtonian physics. e Proceedings …”

The Logic of Animal Physiology S. 54

„… investigates biological mechanisms with the tools of physics and chemistry. It is closely related to anatomy …” „… , chemistry, and physics, among other scientific branches. Physiologists who study animal functions have made …”

The Logic of Chemistry S. 46

„… physics, conducts its study of the physical properties of chemical substances insofar as the properties of …” „… by chemical theories. Its goals may be roughly contrasted with those of physics (which focuses on …”

The Logic of Geology S. 47

„… earth’s beginnings are interwoven with astronomy; theories in physics must be used to explain tides, earth …”

Preface S. I-3

„… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44The Logic of Physics …”

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Basic Physics for All

B. N. Kumar

2012

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Politicized Physics in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

Robert J. Roecklein

2014

doi.org/10.5771/9780739188545

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Relectures néoplatoniciennes de la théologie d’Aristote

Fabienne Baghdassarian (ed.), Ioannis Papachristou (ed.), Stéphane Toulouse (ed.)

Series: International Aristotle Studies

Volume 9 2020

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Jan Opsomer 4. Proclus’ Elements of Physics and the Axiomatisation of Kinematics S. 83-102

„… Proclus’ Elements of Physics and the Axiomatisation of Kinematics Jan Opsomer (University of Leuven …” „… Grynaeus (1531) The Elements of Physics is a relatively short work on physics and, more specifically, on …” „… Elements of Theology – shares several features of style and method with the Elements of Physics. Moreover …”

Alberto Ross 5. The Causality of the Prime Mover in Simplicius S. 103-122

„… commentary on Physics VIII for establishing the kind of causality of the Aristotelian Prime Mover. The …” „… of Physics VII-VIII pointing to the affirmation that 5. 1 See Alexander of Aphrodisias: Quaest. XVIII …” „… Mover Simplicius comments very carefully every part of Physics VIII, but at the end of his commentary …”

Bibliographie S. 201-222

„… index par J. Tricot, 2 vols., Paris, Vrin. Physique ROSS, W. D., 19361, Aristotle’s Physics. A Revised …” „… ., SHARE, M., 2012, Simplicius. On Aristotle’s Physics 8.1-5, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press. DIELS …” „… . On Aristotle’s Physics 8.6-10, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press. Speusippe ISNARDI PARENTE, M …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-6

„… Physics and the Axiomatisation of Kinematics4. 83 Jan Opsomer The Causality of the Prime Mover in …”

Ioannis Papachristou 7. John Philoponus on the Divine Substance: A Preliminary Study S. 151-166

„… commentaries on the De anima and on the Physics. 5 See, Blumenthal (1986), p. 328-329; Sorabji (2010), p. 41 ff …” „… Physics31. The first principle is immovable and bodiless because it is indivisible and has an infinite …”

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