Harriman, David.
New York : New American Library, ©2010.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The nature of concepts — Generalizations as hierarchical — Perceiving first-level causal connections — Conceptualizing first-level causal connections — The structure of inductive reasoning — Galileo’s kinematics — Newton’s optics — The methods of difference and agreement — Induction as inherent in conceptualization — The birth of celestial physics — Mathematics and causality — The power of mathematics — Proof of Kepler’s theory — The development of dynamics — The discovery of universal gravitation — Discovery is proof — Chemical elements and atoms — The kinetic theory of gases — The unification of chemistry — The method of proof — Misapplying the inductive method — Abandoning the inductive method — Physics as inherently mathematical — The science of philosophy — An end-and a new beginning.
- … based on Ayn Rand’s theory of concepts inspired by and expanding on a series of lectures by Leonard Peikoff –Page 4 of cover.
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