David Jalal Hyder
Biographic Data
| ID | 1154441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Jalal Hyder |
| GIVEN NAMES | David Jalal |
| FAMILY NAME | Hyder |
| SIGNATURE | HYDER D J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The determinate world
This study examines the place of Hermann von Helmholtz ́s seminal papers on geometry in his philosophy of science. The arguments of these papers are traced back to his prior work on the theory of magnitudes, as well as to Helmholtz ́s early, Kantian position. The author claims that Helmholtz should be understood not as opposing Kant, but as modifying the latter ́s theory of magnitudes so as to remove obstacles to their common project of construct…
Physiological Optics and Physical Geometry
Argument Hermann von Helmholtz’s distinction between “pure intuitive” and “physical” geometry must be counted as the most influential of his many contributions to the philosophy of science. In a series of papers from the 1860s and 70s, Helmholtz argued against Kant’s claim that our knowledge of Euclidean geometry was an a priori condition for empirical knowledge. He claimed that geometrical propositions could be meaningful only if they were taken…
Helmholtz's Naturalized Conception of Geometry and his Spatial Theory of Signs
I analyze the two main theses of Helmholtz's “The Applicability of the Axioms to the Physical World,” in which he argued that the axioms of Euclidean geometry are not, as his neo-Kantian opponents had argued, binding on any experience of the external world. This required two argumentative steps: 1) a new account of the structure of our representations which was consistent both with the experience of our (for him) Euclidean world and with experien…
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Helmholtz's Naturalized Conception of Geometry and his Spatial Theory of Signs
I analyze the two main theses of Helmholtz's “The Applicability of the Axioms to the Physical World,” in which he argued that the axioms of Euclidean geometry are not, as his neo-Kantian opponents had argued, binding on any experience of the external world. This required two argumentative steps: 1) a new account of the structure of our representations which was consistent both with the experience of our (for him) Euclidean world and with experien…
Physiological Optics and Physical Geometry
Argument Hermann von Helmholtz’s distinction between “pure intuitive” and “physical” geometry must be counted as the most influential of his many contributions to the philosophy of science. In a series of papers from the 1860s and 70s, Helmholtz argued against Kant’s claim that our knowledge of Euclidean geometry was an a priori condition for empirical knowledge. He claimed that geometrical propositions could be meaningful only if they were taken…
The determinate world
This study examines the place of Hermann von Helmholtz ́s seminal papers on geometry in his philosophy of science. The arguments of these papers are traced back to his prior work on the theory of magnitudes, as well as to Helmholtz ́s early, Kantian position. The author claims that Helmholtz should be understood not as opposing Kant, but as modifying the latter ́s theory of magnitudes so as to remove obstacles to their common project of construct…
Epistemology (3 works) · Geometry (3 works) · Helmholtz free energy (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (3 works) · Physics (3 works) · Quantum mechanics (3 works) · Axiom (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)