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Mind and nature : selected writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics
Title:
Mind and nature : selected writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics
Author:
Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955

Pesic, Peter
ISBN:
9780691135458
Publication Information:
Princeton [etc.] : Princeton University Press, 2009
Physical Description:
261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction -- Electricity and gravitation (1921) -- Two letters by Einstein and Weyl on a metaphysical question (1922) -- Time relations in the cosmos, proper time, lived time, and metaphysical time (1927) -- The open world : three lectures on the metaphysical implications of science (1932) -- Mind and nature (1934) -- Address at the Princeton Bicentennial Conference (1946) -- Man and the foundations of science (ca. 1949) -- The unity of knowledge (1954) -- Insight and reflection (1955) -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject:
Mathematics -- Philosophy
Physics -- Philosophy