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Talbot, Chris, Pattison, Olga (Eds.) Boris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927–1931 Neglected Debates on Emergence and Reduction

Presents key works by the outstanding Soviet philosopher of science Boris Hessen, available in English for the first time Revives important ideas that were lost after the author's execution by Stalin in 1936 Adds essential new perspectives to current debates on emergence

Springer This book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time. Quality translations are accompanied by an editors' 1st ed. 2021, IX, 169 p. 7 1st introduction and annotations. Boris Hessen is known in history of science circles for his “Social illus., 1 illus. in color. edition and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia” presented in London (1931), which inspired new approaches in the West. As a philosopher and a physicist, he was tasked with developing a Marxist approach to science in the 1920s. He studied the history of physics to clarify issues Printed book such as reductionism and causality as they applied to new developments. With the Hardcover philosophers called the “Dialecticians”, his debates with the opposing “Mechanists” on the issue of emergence are still worth studying and largely ignored in the many recent works on this Printed book subject. Taken as a whole, the book is a goldmine of insights into both the foundations of Hardcover physics and Soviet history. ISBN 978-3-030-70044-7 £ 109,99 | CHF 141,50 | 119,99 € | Order online at springer.com/booksellers 131,99 € (A) | 128,39 € (D) Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH Available Customer Service Discount group Tiergartenstrasse 15-17 Science (SC) 69121 Heidelberg Germany Product category T: +49 (0)6221 345-4301 Monograph [email protected] Series History of Physics Other renditions Softcover ISBN 978-3-030-70046-1

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