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Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist

by Paul Arthur Schilpp

Pages: 784

Contributors: Paul Arthur Schilpp

Publisher: Open Court

Place of Publication: La Salle, IL

Publication Year: 1970

Subjects: Einstein, Albert,--1879-1955

Table of Contents

Title Page

General Introduction to "The Library of Living Philosophers"

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prefatory Note to the Third Edition

1: To Albert Einstein's Seventieth Birthday

2: A General Survey of the Scientific Work of Albert Einstein

3: Presuppositions and Anticipations in Einstein's Physics

4: Einstein's Contributions to Quantum Theory

5: Einstein's Statistical Theories

6: The Departure from Classical Thought in Modern Physics

7: Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics

8: Einstein's Conception of Reality

9: Einstein, Mach, and Logical Positivism

10: The Philosophical Significance of the Theory of Relativity

11: Geometry as a Branch of Physics

12: Einstein's Theories and the Operational Point of View

13: Einstein's Theory of Knowledge

14: Einstein's Conception of Science

15: Gravitation Without General Relativity

16: The Cosmological Constant

17: The Theory of Relativity and Geometry

18: On the Structure of Our Universe

19: Inertia and Energy

20: Scientific and Philosophical Implications of the Special Theory of Relativity

21: A Remark About the Relationship Between Relativity Theory and Idealistic Philosophy

22: The Philosophic Dialectic of the Concepts of Relativity

Summary

24: Einstein's Influence on Contemporary Philosophy

25: Einstein's Social Philosophy

Remarks Concerning the Essays Brought Together in This Co-Operative Volume

Bibliography of the Writings of Albert Einstein to May 1951

Bibliography

Editor's Note

Supplement to Addenda to Einstein's Writings

Chronological List of Principal Works: The Figures in Brackets After Each Title Refer to the Number in the Bibliography

Index

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