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Marc Lange
ISBN: 9780195331332
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
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It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notoriously difficult to identify--leading some philosophers to question if they hold such roles at all. This study offers original accounts of the roles that natural laws play in connection with counterfactual conditionals…
It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notoriously difficult to identify--leading some philosophers to question if they hold such roles at all. This study offers original accounts of the roles that natural laws play in connection with counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanations, and of what the laws must be in order for them to be capable of playing these roles. Particular attention is given to laws of special sciences, levels of scientific explanation, natural kinds, ceteris-paribus clauses, and physically necessary non-laws.
| ISBN | 0195331338 | | Pages | 352 | | ISBN13 | 9780195331332
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 10 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press Inc | | Published in | New York | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Publication date | 27 Sep 2007 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 501 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
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