Science and necessity:
This book espouses a theory of scientific realism in which due weight is given to mathematics and logic. The authors argue that mathematics can be understood realistically if it is seen to be the study of universals, of properties and relations, of patterns and structures, the kinds of things which...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book espouses a theory of scientific realism in which due weight is given to mathematics and logic. The authors argue that mathematics can be understood realistically if it is seen to be the study of universals, of properties and relations, of patterns and structures, the kinds of things which can be in several places at once. Taking this kind of scientific platonism as their point of departure, they show how the theory of universals can account for probability, laws of nature, causation and explanation, and explore the consequences in all these fields. This will be an important book for all philosophers of science, logicians and metaphysicians, and their graduate students. The readership will also include those outside philosophy interested in the interrelationship of philosophy and science |
| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 410 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780511551611 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511551611 |
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| spelling | Bigelow, John 1948- Verfasser aut Science and necessity John Bigelow, Robert Pargetter Science & Necessity Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1991 1 online resource (x, 410 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Cambridge studies in philosophy Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) 1. Realism and truth -- Scientific Platonism -- Scientific realism -- Metaphysical realism -- Modal realism -- Semantic realism -- Realism misconstrued -- 2. Quantities -- A hierarchy of universals -- Sets: who needs them? -- Same yet different -- Determinates and determinables -- Relational theories -- Vectors and change -- Structural universals -- 3. Modal language and reality -- Rules and reference -- Modal axiomatics -- Modal semantics -- Completeness, correspondence, and realism -- Extensions -- Probability -- Higher-order quantifiers and metaphysical realism -- 4. Modal ontology -- Taxonomy of modal realisms -- Against modalism -- Complete books -- Against replicas -- World properties -- 5. Laws of nature -- Laws as necessities -- Relative necessities -- Regularity theories -- The modal theory -- The logic of nomic necessity -- 6. Causation -- Accessibility, causation, and necessity -- Neither necessary nor sufficient conditions -- Causal talk -- The Hume world and causation -- Forces and causes -- Explaining some details and detailing some explanations -- 7. Explanation -- How and why -- Laws and explanation -- Causing and tracking -- Functional explanation -- Realism and explanation -- 8. Mathematics in science -- Mathematical realism -- Numbers as relations -- ratios and the continuum -- Equations and sets -- Sets as universals -- Mathematical reflexivity -- Abstractions and explanations -- mathematics and modality -- Coda: Scientific Platonism This book espouses a theory of scientific realism in which due weight is given to mathematics and logic. The authors argue that mathematics can be understood realistically if it is seen to be the study of universals, of properties and relations, of patterns and structures, the kinds of things which can be in several places at once. Taking this kind of scientific platonism as their point of departure, they show how the theory of universals can account for probability, laws of nature, causation and explanation, and explore the consequences in all these fields. This will be an important book for all philosophers of science, logicians and metaphysicians, and their graduate students. The readership will also include those outside philosophy interested in the interrelationship of philosophy and science Mathematik Naturwissenschaft Philosophie Science / Philosophy Logic Mathematics Universalien (DE-588)4186915-1 gnd rswk-swf Wissenschaftstheorie (DE-588)4117665-0 gnd rswk-swf Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd rswk-swf Logik (DE-588)4036202-4 gnd rswk-swf Mathematik (DE-588)4037944-9 gnd rswk-swf Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd rswk-swf Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 s Wissenschaftstheorie (DE-588)4117665-0 s 1\p DE-604 Logik (DE-588)4036202-4 s Universalien (DE-588)4186915-1 s 2\p DE-604 Mathematik (DE-588)4037944-9 s 3\p DE-604 Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 s 4\p DE-604 Pargetter, Robert Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-06566-5 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-521-39027-9 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511551611 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Bigelow, John 1948- Science and necessity 1. Realism and truth -- Scientific Platonism -- Scientific realism -- Metaphysical realism -- Modal realism -- Semantic realism -- Realism misconstrued -- 2. Quantities -- A hierarchy of universals -- Sets: who needs them? -- Same yet different -- Determinates and determinables -- Relational theories -- Vectors and change -- Structural universals -- 3. Modal language and reality -- Rules and reference -- Modal axiomatics -- Modal semantics -- Completeness, correspondence, and realism -- Extensions -- Probability -- Higher-order quantifiers and metaphysical realism -- 4. Modal ontology -- Taxonomy of modal realisms -- Against modalism -- Complete books -- Against replicas -- World properties -- 5. Laws of nature -- Laws as necessities -- Relative necessities -- Regularity theories -- The modal theory -- The logic of nomic necessity -- 6. Causation -- Accessibility, causation, and necessity -- Neither necessary nor sufficient conditions -- Causal talk -- The Hume world and causation -- Forces and causes -- Explaining some details and detailing some explanations -- 7. Explanation -- How and why -- Laws and explanation -- Causing and tracking -- Functional explanation -- Realism and explanation -- 8. Mathematics in science -- Mathematical realism -- Numbers as relations -- ratios and the continuum -- Equations and sets -- Sets as universals -- Mathematical reflexivity -- Abstractions and explanations -- mathematics and modality -- Coda: Scientific Platonism Mathematik Naturwissenschaft Philosophie Science / Philosophy Logic Mathematics Universalien (DE-588)4186915-1 gnd Wissenschaftstheorie (DE-588)4117665-0 gnd Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd Logik (DE-588)4036202-4 gnd Mathematik (DE-588)4037944-9 gnd Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd |
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| title | Science and necessity |
| title_alt | Science & Necessity |
| title_auth | Science and necessity |
| title_exact_search | Science and necessity |
| title_full | Science and necessity John Bigelow, Robert Pargetter |
| title_fullStr | Science and necessity John Bigelow, Robert Pargetter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Science and necessity John Bigelow, Robert Pargetter |
| title_short | Science and necessity |
| title_sort | science and necessity |
| topic | Mathematik Naturwissenschaft Philosophie Science / Philosophy Logic Mathematics Universalien (DE-588)4186915-1 gnd Wissenschaftstheorie (DE-588)4117665-0 gnd Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd Logik (DE-588)4036202-4 gnd Mathematik (DE-588)4037944-9 gnd Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd |
| topic_facet | Mathematik Naturwissenschaft Philosophie Science / Philosophy Logic Mathematics Universalien Wissenschaftstheorie Naturwissenschaften Logik |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511551611 |
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