Investigations In Philosophy Of Space: Continental Thought Series V. 11 Contributor(s): Stroker, Elisabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821408267 ISBN-13: 9780821408261 Publisher: Ohio University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: February 1987 Click for more in this series: Series in Continental Thought (Hardcover) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
Dewey: 114 |
LCCN: 86002410 |
Series: Series in Continental Thought (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.17" W x 9.24" L (1.62 lbs) 339 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
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Publisher Description: The central contribution of Ströker's investigations is a careful and strict analysis of the relationship between experienced space, Euclidean space, and non-Euclidean spaces. Her study begins with the question of experienced space, inclusive of mood space, space of action and perception, of practical activities and bodily orientations, and ends with the controversies of the proponents of geometric and mathematical understanding of space. Within the context of experienced space, Ströker includes historical discussions of place, topology, depth, perspectivity, homogeneity, orientation, and the questions of empty and full spaces. Her investigation concludes that any strict analysis of space must be founded upon an unavoidable ontology. Philosophical Investigations of Space addresses a number of methodological controversies. It tests the limitations of a variety of scientific, phenomenological, geometric, and logical methods in order to demonstrate limitations of both methodology and underlying assumption. In addition to the richness of her historical and systematic discussion, Ströker's work is a model of thoroughly documented philosophical scholarship and conceptual precision. |
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