LEADER 03274nam 2200613 450 001 9910784806203321 005 20230124182357.0 010 $a0-19-773120-1 010 $a0-19-802300-6 010 $a1-280-52549-5 010 $a9786610525492 010 $a0-19-534505-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407926 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24082866 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000305573 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12088598 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305573 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10286175 035 $a(PQKB)11196471 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4701602 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273218 035 $a(OCoLC)960165897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4701602 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407926 100 $a20161011h19911991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParticles and waves $ehistorical essays in the philosophy of science /$fPeter Achinstein 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d1991. 210 4$dİ1991 215 $a1 online resource (344 p. ) $chalftones, line drawings 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-506547-6 311 $a0-19-506755-X 330 $aThis volume contains six published and two new essays, focusing on philosophical problems surrounding the postulation of unobservable entities such as light waves, molecules and electrons. 330 $bThis volume brings together six published and two new essays by the noted philosopher of science, Peter Achinstein. It represents the culmination of his examination of methodological issues that arise in nineteenth-century physics. He focuses on the philosophical problem of how, if at all, it is possible to confirm scientific hypotheses that postulate `unobservables' such as light waves, molecules, and electrons. This question is one that not only was of great interest to nineteenth-century physicists and methodologists, but continues to occupy philosophers of science up to the present day. The essays in this volume deal with this vexing problem as it arose in actual scientific practice in three nineteenth-century episodes: the debate between particle and wave theorists of light, Maxwell's kinetic theory of gases, and J.J. Thomson's discovery of the electron. Achinstein shows that the most important issue raised by these three cases concerns the legitimacy of introducing hypotheses that invoke "unobservables". If science is to be empirical, can such hypotheses be employed? How, if at all, is it possible to confirm them? Achinstein here assesses the philosophical validity of nineteenth-century and modern answers to these questions and presents and defends his own solutions. 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory 606 $aPhysics$xMethodology$xHistory 606 $aWave-particle duality$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory. 615 0$aPhysics$xMethodology$xHistory. 615 0$aWave-particle duality$xHistory. 676 $a501 700 $aAchinstein$b Peter$044146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784806203321 996 $aParticles and waves$93779350 997 $aUNINA