Carl Friedrich von Weizscker Major Texts in Philosophy [Paperback]

This book presents a collection of texts by the German philosopher and physicist Carl Friedrich von Weizs?cker (1912-2007), for use in seminars on philosophy, mainly epistemology and the philosophy of physics or foundations of quantum mechanics, but also for courses on German philosophy of the 20th century or the philosophy of science. Most texts appear in English for the first time. Weizs?cker became famous through his works in physics, later becoming well known as a philosopher and an analyst of contemporary culture and politics. He worked intensively on projects for the prevention of nuclear war and for peace in general.  Texts about classical philosophy are included as well as on logic, on the philosophy of biology and on the philosophy of mathematics, on death as well as on power.

Introduction.- Preliminary Epistemological Considerations.- A Description of Physics.- Time  Physics  Metaphysics.- Biological Preliminaries to Logic.- Models of Health and Illness, Good and Evil, Truth and Falseness.- Parmenides and the Graylag Goose.- Parmenides and Quantum Theory.- Possibility and Movement: A Note on Aristotelian Physics.- The Rationality of Emotions.- On Power

Texts by one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, available in English for the first time
Selection of essential texts for use in studies of the philosophy and epistemology of physics
Original texts as a source of further discussions on philosophy of the 20th century

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