Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Space and spatial relations
- 2 Hands, knees and absolute space
- 3 Euclidean and other shapes
- 4 Geometrical structures in space and spacetime
- 5 Shapes and the imagination
- 6 The aims of conventionalism
- 7 Against conventionalism
- 8 Reichenbach's treatment of topology
- 9 Measuring space: fact or convention?
- 10 The relativity of motion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Space and spatial relations
- 2 Hands, knees and absolute space
- 3 Euclidean and other shapes
- 4 Geometrical structures in space and spacetime
- 5 Shapes and the imagination
- 6 The aims of conventionalism
- 7 Against conventionalism
- 8 Reichenbach's treatment of topology
- 9 Measuring space: fact or convention?
- 10 The relativity of motion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Shape of Space , pp. ix - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994