Holism in philosophy of mind and philosophy of physics: Michael Esfeld, Dordrecht, 2001, pp. xiv+366, US $113, ISBN 0-7923-7003-1

A history of the ideas of theoretical ph

A history of the ideas of theoretical physics: Essays on the 19th and 20th century physics (Vol. 213 of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science): Salvo d’Agostino; Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 2000, 381pp., $173.00 US, ISBN 0-7923-6094-X

✍ Alfred Nordmann 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 69 KB

The title of Salvo d'Agostino's book suggests that it may contain a collection of various and sundry ideas from the history of theoretical physics. However, d'Agostino pursues something far more specific and compelling, yet also far more controversial: a history of the idea of theoretical physics. W