The determinate world : Kant and Helmholtz on the physical meaning of geometry /

This book offers a new interpretation of Hermann von Helmholtz's work on the epistemology of geometry. A detailed analysis of the philosophical arguments of Helmholtz's Erhaltung der Kraft shows that he took physical theories to be constrained by a regulative ideal. They must render nature...

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Main Author: Hyder, David Jalal, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009.
Series:Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie ; Bd. 69.
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