Robert Disalle
Biographic Data
| ID | 975809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Disalle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Disalle |
| SIGNATURE | DISALLE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Absolute space and Newton's theory of relativity
The transcendental method from Newton to Kant
Reconsidering Kant, Friedman, Logical Positivism, and the Exact Sciences
This essay considers the nature of conceptual frameworks in science, and suggests a reconsideration of the role played by philosophy in radical conceptual change. On Kuhn's view of conceptual conflict, the scientist's appeal to philosophical principles is an obvious symptom of incommensurability; philosophical preferences are merely “subjective factors” that play a part in the “necessarily circular” arguments that scientists offer for their own c…
Inferences from Phenomena in Gravitational Physics
Newton's methodology emphasized propositions “inferred from phenomena.” These rest on systematic dependencies that make phenomena measure theoretical parameters. We consider the inferences supporting Newton's inductive argument that gravitation is proportional to inertial mass. We argue that the support provided by these systematic dependencies is much stronger than that provided by bootstrap confirmation; this kind of support thus avoids some of…
On Dynamics, Indiscernibility, and Spacetime Ontology
Kant and the Exact Sciences. Michael Friedman
Carl Gottfried Neumann
The Argument Carl Gottfried Neumann was born in Königsberg, Prussia, in 1832 and died in Leipzig in 1925. His father was the physicist Franz Neumann (1798–1895), notable for his contributions not only to the study of electricity and magnetism but also to the development of physics education in nineteenth-century Germany. Carl Neumann studied at the University of Königsberg and received his doctorate in 1855 with a work on the application of ellip…
Gereon Wolters' Mach I, Mach II, Einstein, und Die Relativitätstheorie. Eine Fälschung und Ihre Folgen
Historians of relativity theory have puzzled over the fact that, while Einstein regarded Ernst Mach as his chief philosophical mentor, Mach himself publicly rejected relativity in the preface to Die Prinzipien der physikalischen Optik. This work was first published by Mach's son Ludwig in 1921, five years after Mach's death, but the preface is dated “July 1913”, when Einstein was working on general relativity and believing not only that he had Ma…
Einstein's Revolution
On Dynamics, Indiscernibility, and Spacetime Ontology
Reconsidering Kant, Friedman, Logical Positivism, and the Exact Sciences
This essay considers the nature of conceptual frameworks in science, and suggests a reconsideration of the role played by philosophy in radical conceptual change. On Kuhn's view of conceptual conflict, the scientist's appeal to philosophical principles is an obvious symptom of incommensurability; philosophical preferences are merely “subjective factors” that play a part in the “necessarily circular” arguments that scientists offer for their own c…
The transcendental method from Newton to Kant
Gereon Wolters' Mach I, Mach II, Einstein, und Die Relativitätstheorie. Eine Fälschung und Ihre Folgen
Historians of relativity theory have puzzled over the fact that, while Einstein regarded Ernst Mach as his chief philosophical mentor, Mach himself publicly rejected relativity in the preface to Die Prinzipien der physikalischen Optik. This work was first published by Mach's son Ludwig in 1921, five years after Mach's death, but the preface is dated “July 1913”, when Einstein was working on general relativity and believing not only that he had Ma…
Einstein's Revolution
Carl Gottfried Neumann
The Argument Carl Gottfried Neumann was born in Königsberg, Prussia, in 1832 and died in Leipzig in 1925. His father was the physicist Franz Neumann (1798–1895), notable for his contributions not only to the study of electricity and magnetism but also to the development of physics education in nineteenth-century Germany. Carl Neumann studied at the University of Königsberg and received his doctorate in 1855 with a work on the application of ellip…
On Dynamics, Indiscernibility, and Spacetime Ontology
Kant and the Exact Sciences. Michael Friedman
Inferences from Phenomena in Gravitational Physics
Newton's methodology emphasized propositions “inferred from phenomena.” These rest on systematic dependencies that make phenomena measure theoretical parameters. We consider the inferences supporting Newton's inductive argument that gravitation is proportional to inertial mass. We argue that the support provided by these systematic dependencies is much stronger than that provided by bootstrap confirmation; this kind of support thus avoids some of…
Reconsidering Kant, Friedman, Logical Positivism, and the Exact Sciences
This essay considers the nature of conceptual frameworks in science, and suggests a reconsideration of the role played by philosophy in radical conceptual change. On Kuhn's view of conceptual conflict, the scientist's appeal to philosophical principles is an obvious symptom of incommensurability; philosophical preferences are merely “subjective factors” that play a part in the “necessarily circular” arguments that scientists offer for their own c…
The transcendental method from Newton to Kant
Absolute space and Newton's theory of relativity
Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Physics (6 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (4 works) · Relativity and Gravitational Theory (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Theoretical physics (4 works) · Classical mechanics (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works)