Review of Reading Natural Philosophy: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics [Book Review]

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 36 (1):194-199 (2005)
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Book Review for Reading Natural Philosophy: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, La Salle, IL: Open Court, 2002. Edited by David Malament. This volume includes thirteen original essays by Howard Stein, spanning a range of topics that Stein has written about with characteristic passion and insight. This review focuses on the essays devoted to history and philosophy of physics.

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Newtonian space-time.Howard Stein - 1967 - Texas Quarterly 10 (3):174--200.
Some philosophical prehistory of general relativity.Howard Stein - 1974 - In John Earman, Clark N. Glymour & John J. Stachel (eds.), Foundations of Space-Time Theories: Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 3-49.
"From the Phenomena of Motions to the Forces of Nature": Hypothesis or Deduction?Howard Stein - 1990 - PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1990:209 - 222.

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