An edition of The determinate world: Kant and Helmholtz on the physical meaning of geometry
(2009)
The determinate world
Kant and Helmholtz on the physical meaning of geometry
by David Jalal Hyder
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The determinate world: Kant and Helmholtz on the physical meaning of geometry
2009, Walter de Gruyter
in English
3110183919 9783110183917
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The empirical determination of physical concepts in Kant
Metaphysical foundations of natural science
Conceptual determination
Phenomenology and the determination of motion
Phoronomy
Dynamics
Mechanics
Regulative and constitutive principles
The parallelogram law
Helmholtz on the comprehension of nature
Helmholtz's arguments for force centrality in the conservation of energy
The philosophical argument
The mathematical argument
Helmholtz's later criticisms of his determinacy argument
Empirical determinacy and geometry
Colour-theory and manifolds
Newton's barycentric colour-wheel
Helmholtz's 1852 Ber die theorie der zusammengesetzten farbena
Gramanna's 1853 zur theorie der farbenmischung
Helmholtz's 1855 ber die zusammensetzung von spectralfarbena
Maxwell's 1855 experiments on colour
The road to empirical geometry
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Helmholtz on geometry, 1868-1878
The four papers
The papers of 1868
Ber den ursprung und bedeutung der geometrischen axiome
Ber den ursprung und sinn der geometrischen stzea.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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