THE OUTSKIRTS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE, ESSAYS, PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS
1 Introduction: From Philosophy of Nature to Philosophy of Physics 1 PART 1 The Rise of Philosophy of Physics 19 2 The Electromagnetic Way to the Scientific World-Conception: Maxwell’s Equations at the Service of Logical Empiricism 21 3 Kurt Grelling and the Idiosyncrasy of the Berlin Logical Empiricism 64 4 The Selection of Facts in Poincaré and Neurath 84 5 The Philosopher Physicists: Albert Einstein and Philipp Frank 121 6 On the Empirical Refutation of Epistemological Doctrine in Hans Reichenbach’s Early Philosophy 157 PART 2 The Philosophy of Physical Theories 179 7 Carnap, Einstein, and the Empirical Foundations of Space-Time Geometry 181 8 Einstein, General Relativity, and Logical Empiricism 198 9 ‘Geometrization of Physics’ Vs ‘Physicalization of Geometry’ The Untranslated Appendix to Reichenbach’s Philosophie der Raum-Zeit-Lehre 224 10 Did Logical Positivism Influence the Early Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics? 262 11 Why Moritz Schlick’s View on Causality Is Rooted in a Specific Understanding of Quantum Mechanics 283 12 The Legacy of Logical Empiricism 295 PART 3 General Philosophy of Physics 313 13 Probability Theory as a Natural Science: Richard von Mises’ Frequentism 315 14 From Physical Possibility to Probability and Back: Reichenbach’s Account of Coordination 336 15 Two Constants in Carnap’s View on Scientific Theories 354 16 From the Periphery to the Center: Nagel, Feigl, and Hempel 379 17 Understanding Metaphysics and Understanding Through Metaphysics: Philipp Frank on Scientific Theories and Their Domestication 401