The determinate world
Subtitle: Kant and Helmholtz on the physical meaning of geometry
By: by David Hyder
Series: Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie -- Bd. 69; Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie -- Bd. 69.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9783110183917
Other titles: Kant and Helmholtz on the physical meaning of geometry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The empirical determination of physical concepts in Kant's Metaphysical foundations of natural science; title: 3. Helmholtz on the comprehension of nature; title: 4. Colour-theory and manifolds; title: 5. The road to empirical geometry; title: 6. Helmholtz on geometry, 1868-1878; title: 7. Conclusion.