Author Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.

Title Substance and function and Einstein's theory of relativity / by Ernst Cassirer ; Authorized translation by William Curtis Swabey and Marie Collins Swabey.

Imprint [New York] : Dover Publications, [1953]
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  QC173.55 .C3713 1953  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 465 pages ; 21 cm
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Edition Dover edition.
Series Dover books on philosophy.
Note "Both books bound as one."
"The first part of the present book, Substanzbegriff und Funktionsbegriff was published in 1910, while the second part, which we have called the Supplement, Zur Einstein'schen Relativitätstheorie, appeared in 1921."
"Unabridged reprint of the volume as originally published in 1923."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-460).
Contents pt. I. The concept of thing and the concept of relation -- ch. 1. On the theory of the formation of concepts -- ch. 2. The concept of numbers -- ch. 3. The concept of space and geometry -- ch. 4. The concepts of natural sciences -- pt. II. The system of relational concepts and the problem of reality -- ch. 5. On the problem of induction -- ch. 6. The concept of reality -- ch. 7. Subjectivity and objectivity of the relational concepts -- ch. 8. On the psychology of relations -- Supplement. Einstein's theory of relativity considered from the epistemological standpoint.
Subject(s) Relativity (Physics)
Substance (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Physics.
Alternate Author Swabey, William Curtis, 1894-1979, translator.
Swabey, Marie Collins, 1890-1966, translator.
Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945. Zur Einstein'schen relativitätstheorie. English.
Related Title Einstein's theory of relativity.