The Constants of Nature: A Realist Account / Edition 1

by Peter Johnson

Overview

First published in 1997, this volume constitutes an attempt to resolve certain misunderstandings and ignorance concerning the constants of Nature. Its purpose is to look closely at the philosophical arguments made to support the customary conventional view of measurement, particularly with regard to constants. Peter Johnson argues that historic accounts provide only a partial understanding of the nature of constants, and that the conventionalism that rises relates only to the numerical representations used to quantify the measurement of quantities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138349346
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/26/2020
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Johnson is the critically acclaimed author of several collections of poetry, short stories, and novels, including Miracles & Mortifications, winner of the James Laughlin Award, Eduardo & “I,” Pretty Happy!, Love Poems for the Millennium, Rants and Raves: Selected and New Prose Poems, I’m a Man, and two young adult novels: Loserville and What Happened, a Paterson Prize winner that ALA Booklist called the “most gorgeously written YA of 2007.” Johnson is the recipient of two creat

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Overview. 2. Constants and Measurement. 3. The Taxonomy of Constants. 4. Constants, Conventionality and Dimensions. 5. Constants and Reality. 6. Constants and Underdetermination. 7. Constants and NOA.