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9780521143721: Reduction, Time and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of the Natural Sciences
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ISBN 10: 0521143721 ISBN 13: 9780521143721
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Sinossi

Each of the contributors examine scientific realism by questioning or rejecting how it was traditionally discussed.

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Descrizione del libro

The contributors to this 1981 volume are all concerned with scientific realism, but each author questions or rejects aspects of the way it has traditionally been discussed. There are three main foci of attention - reduction, time and modality. It is an excellent book for courses on realism or the philosophy of science.

Contenuti

Contributors; Introduction; 1. Theoretical explanation Michael Friedman; 2. The case of the lonely corpuscle: reductive explanation and primitive expressions Peter Alexander; 3. Three kinds of intentional psychology D. C. Dennett; 4. Time and reality P. C. W. Davies; 5. McTaggart, fixity and coming true D. H. Mellor; 6. Statistical theories, quantum mechanics and the directedness of time Richard Healey; 7. Time, reality and relativity Lawrence Sklar; 8. Modal reality Colin McGinn; 9. Essences and laws of nature Bas C. van Fraassen; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2010
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521143721
ISBN 13 
9780521143721
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
216
Redattore
Healey Richard
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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