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Frontmatter
INTRODUCTION BY PERCY W. BRIDGMAN
THE CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF MODERN PHYSICS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
I. INTRODUCTORY
II. FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE
III. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE EQUAL
IV. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY HARD AND INELASTIC
V. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY INERT
VI. THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL POTENTIAL ENERGY IS IN REALITY KINETIC — EVOLUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
VII. THE THEORY OF THE ATOMIC CONSTITUTION OF MATTER
VIII. THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES — CONDITIONS OF THE VALIDITY OF SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES
IX. THE RELATION OF THOUGHTS TO THINGS — THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS — METAPHYSICAL THEORIES
X. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY — ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS
XI. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) — ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE THIRD RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS
XII. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) — ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FOURTH RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS
XIII. THE THEORY OF THE ABSOLUTE FINITUDE OF THE WORLD AND OF SPACE — THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM OF MATERIAL EXISTENCE AS A NECESSARY COMPLEMENT TO THE ASSUMPTION OF THE ATOM AS ITS ABSOLUTE MINIMUM — ONTOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS — THE REIFICATION OF SPACE — MODERN TRANSCENDENTAL GEOMETRY — NON-HOMALOIDAL (SPHERICAL AND PSEUDO-SPHERICAL) SPACE
XIV. METAGEOMETRICAL SPACE IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN ANALYSIS — RIEMANN'S ESSAY
XV. COSMOLOGICAL AND COSMOGENETIC SPECULATIONS — THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
XVI. CONCLUSION
INDEX OF NAMES
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