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Publication
Jefferson, MD: The Trinity Foundation.
Physical description
121 p.; 21 cm
Notes
First edition: Nutley, N. J., Craig Press, 1964.
CONTENTS:
Foreword, by John W. Robbins.
Introduction.
1. Antiquity and Motion.
Zeno's Paradoxes.
The Heraclitean Flux.
Aristotelianism.
2. Newtonian Science.
Flaws in Aristotle.
Sir Isaac Newton.
Planets and Comets.
Gravitation.
Explanation.
Mechanistic Philosophy.
Absolute and Final Truth.
Criticism.
3. The Twentieth Century.
The Collapse of Mechanics.
Operationalism.
Expressions of Skepticism.
Objections to Operationalism.
Conclusion.
Postscript: The Limits and Use of Science.
Bibliography, pp. 114-115.
Index.
CONTENTS:
Foreword, by John W. Robbins.
Introduction.
1. Antiquity and Motion.
Zeno's Paradoxes.
The Heraclitean Flux.
Aristotelianism.
2. Newtonian Science.
Flaws in Aristotle.
Sir Isaac Newton.
Planets and Comets.
Gravitation.
Explanation.
Mechanistic Philosophy.
Absolute and Final Truth.
Criticism.
3. The Twentieth Century.
The Collapse of Mechanics.
Operationalism.
Expressions of Skepticism.
Objections to Operationalism.
Conclusion.
Postscript: The Limits and Use of Science.
Bibliography, pp. 114-115.
Index.