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Historical epistemology of space = from primate cognition to spacetime physics /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Historical epistemology of space/ by Matthias Schemmel.
Reminder of title:	from primate cognition to spacetime physics /
Author:	Schemmel, Matthias.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2016.,
Description:	viii,117 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Space and time - History. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25241-4
ISBN:	9783319252414

Historical epistemology of space = from primate cognition to spacetime physics /
Schemmel, Matthias.

Historical epistemology of spacefrom primate cognition to spacetime physics /[electronic resource] :by Matthias Schemmel. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016. - viii,117 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology,2211-4564. - SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology..

This monograph investigates the development of human spatial knowledge by analyzing its elementary structures and studying how it is further shaped by various societal conditions. By taking a thoroughly historical perspective on knowledge and integrating results from various disciplines, this work throws new light on long-standing problems in epistemology such as the relation between experience and preformed structures of cognition. What do the orientation of apes and the theory of relativity have to do with each other? Readers will learn how different forms of spatial thinking are related in a long-term history of knowledge. Scientific concepts of space such as Newton's absolute space or Einstein's curved spacetime are shown to be rooted in pre-scientific structures of knowledge, while at the same time enabling the integration of an ever expanding corpus of experiential knowledge. This work addresses all readers interested in questions of epistemology, in particular philosophers and historians of science. It integrates forms of spatial knowledge from disciplines including anthropology, developmental psychology and cognitive sciences, amongst others.

ISBN: 9783319252414

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-25241-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

680085
Space and time
--History.

LC Class. No.: BD632 / .S346 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 115

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