Natural laws in scientific practice:
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1. Verfasser: Lange, Marc (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press ©2000
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
List of Symbols; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE RELATION OF LAWS TO COUNTERFACTUALS; 3 WHY ARE THE LAWS OF NATURE SO IMPORTANT TO SCIENCE (I)?; 4 INDUCTIVE CONFIRMABILITY AND PHYSICAL NECESSITY; 5 WHY ARE THE LAWS OF NATURE SO IMPORTANT TO SCIENCE (II)?; 6 LAWS, REGULARITIES, AND PROVISOS; 7 THE ROOT COMMITMENT; 8 THE AUTONOMY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES AND LEVELS OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION; Afterword; Notes; References; Index
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, natu
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 348 pages)
ISBN:0195351258
9780195351255

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