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BL
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1014937
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b769307
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Grünbaum, Adolf.
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| Title & Author
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Geometry and chronometry in philosophical perspective /\ by Adolf Grünbaum.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, 1968.
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| Series Statement
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Minnesota paperbacks ;; MP16
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1 online resource (viii, 378 pages)
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| ISBN
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0816604908
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: 0816662746
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: 9780816604906
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: 9780816662746
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9780816604890
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| Notes
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"Minnesota paperbacks, MP16"--Cover.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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In this volume Professor Grunbaum substantially extends and comments upon his essay "Geometry, Chronometry, and Empiricism," which was first published in Volume III of the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Commenting on the essay when it first appeared J.J.C. Smart wrote in Mind (England): "In my opinion Adolf Grunbaum's paper ... supersedes nearly all that has been written on the logical status of physical geometry and chronometry." The full text of the essay is given here with the author's extension of it and his discussion of some of the critical comment it has evoked, particularly, a critique published by Hilary Putnam. Adolph Grunbaum is Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and the current president of the Philosophy of Science Association.
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Relativity (Physics)
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Space and time
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Espace et temps
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Relativité (Physique)
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Relativity (Physics)
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SCIENCE-- Energy.
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SCIENCE-- Mechanics-- General.
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SCIENCE-- Philosophy Social Aspects.
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SCIENCE-- Physics-- General.
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Space and time.
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| Dewey Classification
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530/.01
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| LC Classification
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QC6.G75 1968eb
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