A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity, credited to Herbert Wildon Carr, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity by Herbert Wildon Carr. Read in English by Owlivia; ToddHW; bletheringape; Curtis K.; Autumn; Eric P. Charles; Julian Pratley Since the publication of this book, a little more than a year ago, the interest in Einstein and the principle of relativity has very greatly increased. There are now a large number of popular expositions, and the theory itself has undergone some notable advances in its philosophical, mathematical and physical application. In pure philosophy Lord Haldane's Reign of Relativity has applied it to the direct interpretation of the theory of knowledge. In mathematical physics the important work of Hermann Weyl, Space-Time-Matter, is an advance even on Einstein, and applies the principle not only to the geometry of masses, but to that of intermolecular movements, and to electro-magnetic phenomena generally, thus making it embrace the physical world in its entirety. The main purpose of this book is to show the historical relations of the new principle to the old philosophical problems and to the classical theories of space and time. I have, with the exception of a few important emendations, left the historical chapters unaltered, but I have added a new chapter on "Einstein's Theory" in order to show more clearly than the original work did the nature of the revolution which it effects in scientific method and in the concept of physical reality. - Summary by Preface

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity
• Author credits: Herbert Wildon Carr
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 12:54:47

Catalogue topics

• relativity
• monads

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 27:01
2. 01 - The Windowless Monad — 50:30
3. 02 - A Monad's Perspective — 44:56
4. 03 - The Concept of Nature in Physical Science — 50:58
5. 04 - The Concept of Nature in Philosophy — 37:38
6. 05 - The Idea of God — 54:06
7. 06 - The Moment of Experience — 1:18:28
8. 07 - Memory: The Fundamental Fact in Experience — 59:25
9. 08 - The Diversity in Union of Body and Mind, part 1 — 45:41
10. 09 - The Diversity in Union of Body and Mind, part 2 — 43:12
11. 10 - The Mechanism of Psycho-Physical Activity — 52:26
12. 11 - Monadic Intercourse — 30:16
13. 12 - The A Priori Synthesis — 56:34
14. 13 - The Concrete Universal — 40:34
15. 14 - Creative Evolution — 44:26
16. 15 - The Experimental Method — 32:23
17. 16 - The Principle of Relativity — 26:13

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