Marian Smoluchowski’s approach to the causality principle in the Brownian motion research

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Published: 2017-06-12
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causality principle, Brownian motion, history of physics, philosophy of science

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Zenon Eugeniusz Roskal
Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Philosophy , Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydział Filozofii

Abstract

Marian Smoluchowski solved the greatest scientific problem of his time. It was the explanation of the phenomenon of the Brownian motion. In the article, I show that Smoluchowski in fact in this explanation used an ontological interpretation of the causality principle, although in his writings he applied it also in the epistemological interpretation. This is understandable because in the scientific practice some kinds of ontological commitment are required.

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No. 62 (2017): Special issue: Marian Smoluchowski's philosophy of physics - a centenary commemoration

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Author Biography

Zenon Eugeniusz Roskal, Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Philosophy, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydział Filozofii

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  • Z. Roskal, Kosmos Chtoniczny. Historyczny rozwój monistycznej interpretacji kosmosu, Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL 2012 (ss. 307)
  • Z. Roskal (red.),Transfer idei. Od ewolucji w biologii do ewolucji w astronomii i kosmologii, Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL 2011;
  • Z. Roskal, Astronomia matematyczna w nauce greckiej. Metodologiczne studium historyczno-przyrodnicze, Lublin: RW KUL 2002, ss. 228

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Marian Smoluchowski’s approach to the causality principle in the Brownian motion research. (2017). Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne W Nauce), 62, 99-126. https://www.zfn.edu.pl/index.php/zfn/article/view/386