
Cassirer's Structural Realism
Georges Ibongu(Author)
Logos Berlin (Publisher)
Published on 15. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
130 pages
978-3-8325-2912-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this book Georges Ibongu shows that Ernst Cassirer adopts a sort of structural realism in his writings on physics. Cassirer does not deny the existence of physical entities. For him, however, a physical entity loses its absolute fixity and is involved in the process of physical knowledge. The electron is a definite object but cannot, as an individual, be designated by being here and now. The individuality of simple particles means, for Cassirer, that they are only describable as points of intersection of definite relations or structures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-8325-2912-3 (9783832529123)
Schweitzer Classification