The Shape of Space: Second Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521450140)

This is a revised and updated edition of Graham Nerlich's classic book (1976). It develops a metaphysical account of space that treats it as a real and concrete entity, showing that shape plays a key explanatory role in space and spacetime theories. Arguing that geometrical explanation is very like causal explanation, Professor Nerlich prepares the ground for philosophical argument and investigates how different spaces would affect perception differently. Along the way Professor Nerlich criticizes and rejects conventionalism as a non-realist metaphysics of space, concluding that there is, in fact, no problem of underdetermination for this aspect of spacetime theories, while offering an extensive discussion of the relativity of motion.

Author: Graham Nerlich
ISBN-10: 0521450144
ISBN-13: 9780521450140
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/04/1994
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d