Historical Epistemology of Space

From Primate Cognition to Spacetime Physics

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Matthias Schemmel

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Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology

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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.

Release date Australia

December 16th, 2015

Author

Matthias Schemmel

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2016

Illustrations

1 Illustrations, color; VIII, 117 p. 1 illus. in color.

Pages

117

Series

Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology

Dimensions

155x235x7

ISBN-13

9783319252391

Product ID

24037904

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