From the Problem of Space to the Epistemology of Science: Hermann Weyl’s Reflection on the Dimensionality of the World

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-11527-2_7zbMath1442.83005OpenAlexW2980255519MaRDI QIDQ3297258

Silvia De Bianchi

Publication date: 3 July 2020

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11527-2_7

zbMATH Keywords

dimensionality of the worldwhy is the world 4-dimensional?

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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